Good news! Back in one piece- thank you for all your donations.

I am racing40,000 miles around the world on a 70ft yacht as part of the Clipper Race and Iwould like to raise money for The European Organisation for Research andTreatment of Cancer [EORTC].

I willexperience storms, snow flurries, iceberg lookouts as well as pods of whalesand bird migrations. Life will be lived in a stripped down yacht, relentlesslycrashing through the waves and existing on no more than 3hrs straight sleep ina 24 hr period. Once in the Southern Ocean, I will be so far from land thattheir closest neighbours will be those on the international space station.

Watch my video:https://ab.mc.eu1.kontiki.com/global/content?moid=8df1e00d-24e8-448e-a3c7-a2128fb03ad6

For a suggested donation of £150/ $200 I will send you 8 hand writtenpostcards from around the world (obviously I'll send you a postcard or 2 how ever much or little you sponsor me!)....with all proceeds going to charity.

Please add your address via the link!!

Why this plan? I have 8 legs of the race andI would like to share this adventure with people, making them part of myjourney in the real world not just the digital. I will only get one day off atthe end of each leg (if we are slow or the weather against us...I might noteven manage that!)

Can your team at work club together toraise some money and follow my race?

• Do you have agrandparent or friend who just loves post...and would adore this as a gift?
  
  
• Would yourchildren’s primary school or Scouts love to receive cards from exotic locationsand learn about my travels?
  
  
• Is thissomething your office could get behind...tracking my progress, my wins,spotting wonderful bits of nature...the inevitable tears and storms?
  
  
• It´s the Christmas present for the person who has everything...and loves post!
  
  

Why EORTC

EORTC is atthe fore fount of tailored treatment for cancer, as illustrated by theirSPECTAcolor project, which is a tumour sample Biobank and Biomarker analysisplatform for genetic profiling of patients suffering from advanced colorectalcancer.

Why thisorganisation? As many of your will know I completed my D.Phil in the GeneticsUnit at Oxford, so research is very close to my heart. The SPECTAcolor projectsis a wonderful example of taking primary genetic research and combining withpatient samples to swiftly create tailored medicines and treatments.

To find outmore see: http://spectacolor.eortc.org/
Follow my race on my blog 8postcards.tumblr.com and on Instagram & Twitter @8Postcards

& sign upfor the Clipper News Letter: https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/
Don't forget to fill in the address for postcards at:
http://goo.gl/forms/VGAkxqBrMu