They appear to have stopped ?/
Air ambulance - Devizes to Westminster kayak race
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WELL DONE, CHAPS! (I set alarm for 03:00 anticipating a "Where's our hot chocolate?!" call.....)
Sorry that it's a shorter run for you, but marvellous work!
Sorry that it's a shorter run for you, but marvellous work!
Only 7 left to finish 
Should be finishing shortly if the tracking and video is accurate
looks like there onscreen now
Finished
26:47:18
WELL DONE
looks like there onscreen now
Finished
26:47:18
WELL DONE
They've finished.
Very very well done.
So now treat yourselves, do not paddle back, get the bus.
Very very well done.
So now treat yourselves, do not paddle back, get the bus.
Well done fellas - fantastic performance! 
Amazing performance, bravo.
top effort....!
What an adventure!
Well done the both of you.
Home, Hot bath and bed….
Well done the both of you.
Home, Hot bath and bed….
Will be very shortlyShouldn’t you be out driving ??
Congratulations!
Thanks folks!
Crikey, that was a bit brutal. We were lucky with the weather though - on Friday it had been appalling, but we had clear skies.
Not great at night, the skies were very dark and we did on one occasion take a wrong route into a lock and emergency-slewed the boat into the bank when we heard the weir directly ahead of us! (If you live in Bray and wondered who was in yo
ur garden at about 3am, I can only apologise)!
So, all done. Thanks for all the good wishes. When you're doing something like this, and 80% of the time the voices in your head are pleading with you to just stop, it's knowing people are tracking you that helps you to carry on.
Never again, though!
Crikey, that was a bit brutal. We were lucky with the weather though - on Friday it had been appalling, but we had clear skies.
Not great at night, the skies were very dark and we did on one occasion take a wrong route into a lock and emergency-slewed the boat into the bank when we heard the weir directly ahead of us! (If you live in Bray and wondered who was in yo
ur garden at about 3am, I can only apologise)!So, all done. Thanks for all the good wishes. When you're doing something like this, and 80% of the time the voices in your head are pleading with you to just stop, it's knowing people are tracking you that helps you to carry on.
Never again, though!
Total RespectThanks folks!
Crikey, that was a bit brutal. We were lucky with the weather though - on Friday it had been appalling, but we had clear skies.
Not great at night, the skies were very dark and we did on one occasion take a wrong route into a lock and emergency-slewed the boat into the bank when we heard the weir directly ahead of us! (If you live in Bray and wondered who was in yoView attachment 314133ur garden at about 3am, I can only apologise)!
So, all done. Thanks for all the good wishes. When you're doing something like this, and 80% of the time the voices in your head are pleading with you to just stop, it's knowing people are tracking you that helps you to carry on.
Never again, though!
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Well done. Full respect.
Well I known that bit of the river very well as it is the reach we use for our rowing!
Looks like you decided to head across to the Waterside Inn, which is just opposite the tip of the Eyot you went the wrong side of, and is a Michelin 3 star restaurant run by the Roux family, so you have great taste!
It’s a good job you stopped as it is a big fuck off weir there with massive sluice gates
, but at least you picked one of the poshest parts of Bray to gate crash as that house is in “River Gardens” which is a very sought after location where most of the properties are in the several million quid bracket Pleased you made it round in one piece and total respect for such an incredible achievement!
It was quite tiring here as well, waiting for number 309 to move on the map.
Massive congratulations to the pair of you.
And one little question, out of interest, do you take it in turns to paddle at the front of the kayak ?
Massive congratulations to the pair of you.
And one little question, out of interest, do you take it in turns to paddle at the front of the kayak ?
Well done Paul Ive done a bit of paddling and I know the toll it takes on your back shoulders and leg cramps. Thats an epic bucket list achievement. Chapeau
Well done Paul and pal.
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