Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

On 19th June, I will be kayaking 10 miles UP the River Thames all in the name of charity.  Alongside my colleagues from the Barclays Debt Finance team, we are hoping to raise over £25,000 (with matched funding) for two very worthy charities which we are supporting nationally – the Diana Award and Westminster Boating Base.

Whilst rowing 10 miles down the Thames would probably be reasonably straight forward… upstream is a little different and should present quite the challenge. Add to that the fact I will need to go to training on the basics of how not to capsize a kayak, it could be a very long afternoon.

We’re hoping to do the 10 miles over 3-4 hours, so will either have some impressive biceps to show off afterwards or perhaps more likely, be unable to use my arms for a week.  Holding a beer post kayak could be a challenge in itself…

It would be great if you could spare a few pounds to support me and the charities we are doing this for.  Barclays will be match funding so each pound donated really counts.  £25,000 is our team target, but we’d really like to raise much more.

Many thanks for taking the time to read this, and I appreciate your support

Alex