Time has come to lift the handle again and return to the rowing machine. As the Covid-19 pandemic strikes Britain, our NHS is more stretched than ever. Our doctors, nurses, administrative and cleaning staff are making a great job at keeping us all safe, but it comes as a price, material and human.
From Thursday 23rd April, I will row the length of the Atlantic Ocean from the Canaries to Antigua, a total of 4,700km on a rowing machine.

This will be completed over time, as the lockdown continues, in condition similar to those of an actual solo ocean row. Two hours on, two hours off, eating during the breaks, sleeping when needed and as much as needed, with a goal of completing at least 120 km a day (which would make the whole challenge last 40 days).

This is in support of all the NHS staff, with the aim of giving them not only some of the material support they need today, but also the mental health support they will need tomorrow, when this crisis ends and our lives return to some sort of normality.

DISCLAIMER : Whereas this could seem an extreme challenge at first, it is not designed to be extreme in any sort of way, and it will be run safely, with members of my family  on lockdown with me - keeping an eye on me at all time, feeding being constant and balanced, effort being monitored and rest being taken as much as needed.