Rowing the length of the freshwater Thames from Lechlade in Gloucestershire to Teddington in Middlesex and then to add 2 days of upstream at the end from Teddington to Cookham in Berkshire makes this into a 10 day challenge. Robin Hope and his hand picked crew (mainly in their 60's) will be doing this in June in a 1895 double skiff 'Tara'.
It would be misleading to state there will be no pleasure on the trip but there will be days of rain and headwinds particularly if 2009 summer has any resemblance to the so called 2008 summer! Each day we would hope to be on the water no later than 10.00 and hopefully finishing about 6.30pm. Ideally there should be a crew of 3 or 4, 2 rowing and 1 coxing with rotation of duties at locks. It is hoped for the pleasure of a day or 2 on the river crew members will take a sponsor sheet round their friends. In boating circles a lock is about equivalent to a mile so it could be argued we will be doing 152 miles + 54 locks (54 miles) i.e.206 miles in all.
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Raised:
11%
Raised so far: £558.50
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Donation by Leda Schiltz on 07/09/09 |
£36.00 + £10.15 Gift Aid |
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Well done Robin and all your team Donation by Liza Curtis on 05/08/09 |
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Congratulations Robin! Donation by Marian and Jeremy Tilford on 27/07/09 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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Just keep rowing - good for biceps development in the over 60's Donation by Francis Goodwin on 24/07/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Congratulations! Donation by The Carrolls on 15/07/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Anonymous on 15/07/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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well done Robin a good cause! Donation by jeremy harding on 13/07/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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Donation by JK on 12/07/09 |
£7.50 + £2.12 Gift Aid |
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go row, Ro! All the best to you both Niamh & Alex Donation by Niamh Devane on 24/06/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck, Ro, Leda and ? of The Oarsome Three Donation by Christiana Bryan on 18/06/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Rock and Row Yo!!! Donation by Ollie Stewie Griffin on 17/06/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Donation by reen & adam on 16/06/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Row, row, row your boat... Donation by Elisha and Karoly on 16/06/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Gerald Shortland on 11/06/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Will look forward to those anecdotes Eleonoora! Donation by Edmund on 08/06/09 |
£15.00 |
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Go for it Ro Donation by Philip Beaven on 04/06/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Best of luck. Hope the weather improves. Donation by Mike Rossor on 15/05/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Good luck, Robin - you look not only younger but different ! Donation by Chris Burbidge on 05/05/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £558.50 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £558.50 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £153.29 |
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