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Vicky and Graham's River Thames Row

Graham Myers is raising money for Children on the Edge

Vicky and Graham's River Thames Row · 20 April 2022

Children on the Edge works hand-in-hand with communities to support over 15,000 of the world’s most marginalised children across Africa, Asia and Europe. For over 35 years we have co-created award-winning programmes that educate and protect children living in the most challenging environments.

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Vicky (Mum of 2 boys) and Graham (Vicky's Dad), are proposing to row 153 miles down the River Thames from Lechlade to the Thames Barrier.  We plan to start on Friday 29th April and to finish on Sunday 8th May 2022.

Our plan may change due to circumstances, but at the moment is:

Start Friday 29 April around 1pm, Lechlade Marina,  0 miles. 

1st day  pm Fri 29 April.  10.5 miles. Tadpole Bridge. 4 locks. 

2nd day - Sat 30 April. Eynsham 24 miles ( +13 miles), 3 locks.

3rd day - Sun 1 May Abingdon, 39 miles ( +15 miles), 7 locks.

4th day - Mon 2 May.   Wallingford 53 miles ( +14 miles), 4 locks.

5th day - Tue 3 May.   Reading 69 miles ( + 16 miles), 4 locks.

6th day - Wed 4 May.   Bisham, near Henley 85 miles ( +16 miles), 7 locks.

7th day - Thu 5 May Windsor 100 miles ( +15 miles), 5 locks. 

8th day - Fri 6 May.   Walton on Thames 116 miles  ( +16 miles) , 6 locks.

9th day  Sat 7 May.  (Teddington Lock 124 miles), 3 locks,    then the tidal Thames to Chiswick Pier - 132 miles (+16 miles)

10th day -  Sun 8 May.  Through central London to the Thames Barrier, then finish at Greenwich Yacht Club - 153 miles total (+21 miles)

Each night we will be staying in B&B's or small hotels on or reasonably close to the river.  

We will be covering all our costs so 100% of donations will go to the Charity.

We will be posting information on our progress each day, so you can follow our journey on our blog (copy and paste link into your browser):

       https://riverthamesrow.blogspot.com

We have chosen to raise funds for the Ukraine Appeal of the charity Children on the Edge since they previously worked for over 20 years with local partner organisations in Romania and Moldova.  These trusted organisations are now supporting families and children that are fleeing Ukraine.

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