Month: June 2023

Woke up several times during the night, so much for being tired enough to sleep through, woke up at 04:00 to the sound of foxes fighting in the garden, then struggled to fall back asleep, so just dozed until 05:30. Repeat of yesterday morning and head off to Dorney for more of the same. Apparently…

Having finished at the Met Regatta for the day (see separate post), I am free to head over to Wayfairer’s boat club for their ‘Desborough Challenge’. This is 2 laps of Desborough Island with a few sharp turns, a crew change and a narrow section to negotiate. My biggest problem on arriving near the course…

Woke up ridiculously early at 04:30, I am obviously way too excited/nervous, I don’t need to be there until around 07:30 and it is only a 35 minute drive. Dozed for the next hour before finally getting up at 05:30, made some toast and peanut butter/nutella (one slice of each), fed the dog and made…

Bank Holiday Monday, senior men’s (Met Crew), 20,11m (9:47.9) warm up on the erg. 4- #2 seat, warm up, steady state to the bridge, then a 2K ‘time trial’ piece to the bottom (7:09.0), row back up to the Lammas then a 2K piece to the bottom (7:17.2), up and in (11,840m), for reference the…