A blog has been set up to allow feedback and communications on the planned world record PWC (Personal Water Craft) ride from London to Sydney…… To read more
The biggest change to London-Sydney 2008 is that it’s now London-Sydney 2009…. To read more
I’ve been asked many questions by different people about the ride e.g. won’t it be dangerous? so here are some answers……. To read more
Training continues as well. Today we had a ripper of a ride out through the Manukau Harbour entrance… To read more
One of the exciting things about the ride is that it travels from the North Sea to the Black Sea through some of the great rivers of Europe…. To read more
The Danube-Black Sea Canal in Romania saves around 400km of riding…. To read more
London to Sydney has a bit of a ring to it don’t you think? Berwick-upon-Tweed to Ulladulla doesn’t… To read more: Thursday 19th June was a big day for us. Early in the morning in Sydney we signed up with a new partner in ‘Cure Cancer Australia’….. To read more
Once we enter the Aegean Sea we will officially be amongst the Greek Islands. This is one of my favourite places to visit with it’s laid back lifestyle….. To read more
July 15th, 2008 - From Santorini To Port Said in Egypt. This leg will be a good warm up for us for the big ocean crossings to come later. It throws up a number of new challenges such as ….. To read more:......
July 24th, 2008 A Canal, A Change of Underwear and Some Pyramids
· 1 Comment The Suez Canal runs for 163km between Port Said on the Mediterranean to Suez on the Red Sea. It is only 60m wide and has one shipping lane….. To read more.:.....
August 2008 Check out the new Website at the normal place. It has a whole new look. We are still working on making it more interactive as we go. We hope to load a physiology page shortly... read more…
August 2008: Commercial airline flights from Australia nearly always fly over the top of Santa Catalina Island on the way into Los Angeles. I must have flown over the Island from the south west at least 200 times and each time…read more
We’re Still Here!! October 14th, 2008
You haven’t heard from us for a while so I thought I had better update you as to what has been going on. I took a couple of weeks off to refresh myself as this event has been taking up a whole lot of my time,
Worldly Wobbles, Pirates and GrandChildren November 23rd, 2008
I had an email from Marinus Du Plessis a few weeks ago. Marinus used to be the World record holder for the longest personal watercraft ride. He and his mate rode their skis from Alaska to Panama.
Time-Out in Gran Canaria December 20th, 2008 Hola Amigos
Most people I know are too busy to scratch themselves. If that’s you then you should skip reading this and jump ahead to the last two words. But then again, if you are too busy to ‘smell the roses’ then perhaps you should read this.
The Domino Effect-we find our support boat!! March 6th, 2009
You’re probably all wondering what’s going on because you haven’t heard from me for while.Well quite a lot actually, so you had better get a cup of tea before you read any further.
May Update-Full Steam Ahead!! May 7th, 2009 Welcome to the latest update of the London-Sydney blog.
We are getting busier and busier organizing the event. It’s just as well we put it off for a year because we seem to have enough work ahead of us to easily last until August 2010.
Soothsayers, Logistics and Other Stuff
May 25th, 2009
I hope I haven’t surprised you too much by posting to the blog so soon after the last post. If I have I apologize and please pick yourself up of the floor and sit back in your chair so we can get started.
Risk!! and no thanks to JD
June 17th, 2009
In my last post I suggested that you might get to hear from JD Letham about risk. JD says to pass on his regards to you all and tell you that with his writing skills, that would be too risky a proposition. So on that note I will now tell you what I know about it……………………………..there that was painless wasn’t it?
