My Story

After being born and diagnosed with deafness in my right ear, I never really gave the disability much thought apart from the obvious annoyances of having to walk on the right, sit on the right, do everything with anyone – on the right. It was only when I was unable to complete a solo flight scholarship due to my deafness with Air Cadets, that I realised I would not be allowed to join the RAF as a pilot. I then understood the limitations that the disability brought to my life. Following this, I took the mentality that I may be limited, but I can do mostly anything. Mostly anything turned into chasing another career path to become a Test Driver. After working in this field for a number of years, I’ve decided to take a career break to take on something truly special – A Round the World Yacht Race.

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a 40,000 mile circumnavigation of the globe - The longest yacht race in the world. 12 identical 70ft racing yachts, with a crew of 22 on board will race 8 legs with 15 stopovers over 6 continents. We will experience bone numbing freezing conditions in the southern ocean. Hot sweaty, energy sapping temperatures in the tropics. Waves the size of houses in the Pacific, and frustrating zones of zero wind in the doldrums. It's a race to test the physical and mental side of a person working with strangers, when sleep deprived, in a pressure cooker that is a racing yacht. This is no holiday - More people have climbed Everest, than sailed around the world.....

Saturday 29 June 2013

Injured

Didn't warm up properly before today's 5miler, now pulled my calf - idiot! 
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Friday 28 June 2013

I'm in the paper again

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Thursday 27 June 2013

Last test done.

Career over as a test driver. Sad, but happy to start @clipperrace soon! 
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Wednesday 19 June 2013

School Article!

www.carrhillschool.com/news-detail.php?s=47&id=128 @clipperrace @actiononhearing 
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Tuesday 18 June 2013

Still training hard

1.5 hours on the bike Sunday, 10km on the rower yesterday (10x500m sprints) on it dot com
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Monday 17 June 2013

Interview and Photos went well

Hopefully it will inspire kids to chase their dreams and raise some money for the charity :) 
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Sunday 16 June 2013

Another interview tomorrow

Best get some sleep in to look good for the photos! 
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Saturday 15 June 2013

Actions speak louder than words.

Go out an do something remarkable. It will make you feel good...honest @clipperrace @actiononhearing 

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Tuesday 11 June 2013

Reduced my target

It pains me to have to reduce my fundraising target. I'm trying to get as many donations as I can but it's tough. I've reduced it to £4000 to try and have a more sensible target which is achievable. If we can beat this and go over it, that would be amazing. We can try! 
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Sunday 9 June 2013

It's all paying off

Resting heart rate 52bpm this morning!! #fitcrewisfast @team_talbot
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I want to curl up and watch a film

But got to run to get fit. #fitcrewisfast @team_talbot 
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Interview lined up at my old school

Another chance to inspire children the chase their dreams. 
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Saturday 8 June 2013

Another job offer

For when I come back. Happy days! 
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Tuesday 4 June 2013

Media Role Officially Announced

Happy days, just what I wanted! 
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Monday 3 June 2013

Another 45 min run in the bank

Fit crew is fast @team_talbot #winning
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Sunday 2 June 2013

It's so hot here in Spain!

Last trip before the @clipperrace. Be sad to leave this life behind, but so excited for the new adventure! 
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