Simon Porter

Quarantine: Keep Rowing Forward

Fundraising for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
£2,272
raised of £2,500 target
Keep Rowing Forward, 9 April 2020
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Story

Louise Porter, who I am proud to say was my mum, died on 31 March 2020. She was a wonderful person, full of adventure and softness, love, fire and wit. At the end of 70 years well-lived, including almost 45 years of happy marriage to her adored (and adoring) Brian, she fought through 9 months of physical and mental pain with acute pancreatitis, firstly at East Surry hospital, then at the Mater hospital in Belfast and, finally, at home.

Many times during those 9 months my Dad and my brother, Chris, and I were moved by the kindness and compassion of NHS staff caring for my mum, including during spells in intensive care wards in East Surrey and Belfast. Little moments of generosity, humour and out and out kindness.

The entire Mater hospital has now been given over to treat those fighting coronavirus and I can only imagine the challenges that they, East Surrey and so many hospitals across the UK are facing. Having been home to Belfast for an extremely restricted funeral, I am currently self-isolating at home in Scotland as a precautionary measure.

One of the things keeping me company is my Dad’s old rowing machine. To try to support those who cared for my Mum and are currently supporting so many fighting coronavirus, I’m going to use it to row the distance of some of the most famous channels, loughs, lochs, lakes, canals and straits in the UK and beyond.

Please donate to support the NHS and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. As long as the donations keep coming, I’ll keep rowing.


  

Route


  

  

Distance (km)


  

  

Time Rowing* (minutes)


  

  

Date Rowed


  

  

Gibraltar Strait


  

  

14.3


  

  

71.5


  

  

09/04/2020


  

  

The Boat Race


  

  

6.8


  

  

34


  

  

10/04/2020


  

  

English Channel


  

  

33.3


  

  

166.5


  

  

11/04/2020


  

  

Irish Sea


  

  

19


  

  

95


  

  

10/04/2020 & 11/04/2020


  

  

Loch Ness


  

  

36.3


  

  

181.5


  

  

12/04/2020


  

  

Strathclyde Loch


  

  

2.4


  

  

12


  

  

12/04/2020


  

  

Loch Lomond


  

  

36.4


  

  

182


  

  

 18/04/2020


  

  

Strangford Lough


  

  

26


  

  

130


  

  

 15/04/2020


  

  

Lough Neagh


  

  

30


  

  

150


  

  

 14/04/2020


  

  

Lake Windermere


  

  

18.1


  

  

90.5


  

  

 16/04/2020


  

  

Eton Dorney


  

  

2.3


  

  

11.5


  

  

 


  

  

Llyn Tegid


  

  

6


  

  

30


  

  

 16/04/2020


  

  

Loch Corrib


  

  

43.5


  

  

217.5


  

  

 17/04/2020 & 18/04/2020


  

  

Étang de Canet


  

  

4.5


  

  

22.5


  

  

 21/04/2020


  

  

Étang de Leucate


  

  

14.5


  

  

72.5


  

  

 20/04/2020


  

  

Étang de Bages-Sigean


  

  

14.6


  

  

73


  

  

 20/04/2020


  

  

Lake Sanabria


  

  

3.3


  

  

16.5


  

  

 21/04/2020


  

  

Lake Geneva


  

  

73


  

  

365


  

  

 


  

  

Lake Como


  

  

46


  

  

230


  

  

 19/04/2020


  

  

Lake Garda


  

  

51.9


  

  

259.5


  

  

13/04/2020


  

  

Lake Maggiore


  

  

64.4


  

  

322


  

  

 


  

  

Panama Canal


  

  

80


  

  

400


  

  

 


  

  

Suez Canal


  

  

193.3


  

  

966.5


  

  

 


  


*average pace 12km/h

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About the charity

This is the only Registered Charity that is directly managed by Belfast HSC Trust. The Charity incorporates; Belfast City Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital, Musgrave Park Hospital, Mater Hospital, Muckamore Abbey Hospital, Forster Green Hospital, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children and all the Trusts Community Facilities and Services. Donations help us deliver the very best care to our patients, by allowing us to provide services, buy equipment, enhance patient’s comforts and undertake research and training which would otherwise not be available through Public Funds.

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£2,272.00
+ £568.00 Gift Aid
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£2,272.00
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