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We are the crew of Narrowboat Indigo Dream and we are doing a

marathon with a difference this weekend, yes THIS weekend. This marathon  involves cruising round the BCN for 24 hours - there are over a 100 miles of canal in the city and almost as many locks - we have we set ourselves a gruelling route to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
event. The boat  with the most points wins and with 47 boats taking
part, the competition is a hot as the weather! Knowing that our efforts
will help some good causes will keep us motivated - will you support us
and our charities?

Indigo Dream was launched in 2006, a month after we  adopted our first retired greyhound. It was love at first sight - boating is a great passion and life without a retired greyhound is unthinkable!

In the last 11 years, we have cruised the length and breadth of England's inland waterways with seven of our own greyhounds and many many guests. In December 2016, our latest greyhound,  Alex, became the 60th greyhound to come on board! Of course,  other dogs  and their staff are also welcome, and over 20 different dogs have also joined us over the years! Not all at once, obviously, but  our record is cruising with 8 greyhounds, a labrador and a little honourary greyhound...

We fundraise for many charities that are dear to our hearts, but we'd like to dedicate our efforts on this year's BCN Marathon Challenge to some local greyhound charities who work  so hard to  give greyhounds a life after racing. We have chosen three rescue centres round Birmingham all of whom are sorely in needs of funds.

Throughout the weekend there will be updates on our route on twitter
(https://twitter.com/Indigodreamers) and on our blog
https://indigodream.wordpress.com/

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