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Drinking Pimm's in the summer sun at Dorney, watching National Schools and the LEH J16 squad with my daughter row by, it seemed like a simple and easy thing to fill in the form thrust in front of me and signup for a  parent charity squad. It turns out to be not so simple when you see the distance of 85 miles involved, which amounts to 2 days of continuous rowing from dawn to dusk, and not so easy when you start the evening technique training and realise that the 1 term of rowing at university 37 years ago doesn't really count.  

Not being a quitter I shall keep the faith in the boat house coaches and my ageing body and along with the rest of the squad endeavor to raise enough to pay for a care nurse for an entire year for our local charity Shooting Star Chase, which provides invaluable hospice care for babies and children with life-limiting conditions.

Not long left now with still a lot more to learn and pain to endure !!

For more about Shooting Star Chase and the incredible work they do, please visit their website  http://www.shootingstarchase.org.u

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