back in the saddle

well...i'm back again on the blog after a few rough weeks of trial and tribulations. enough said.
The training for the row is going along slowly and surely which is exactly what I want it to be. I'm not a class athelete and never will be but a simple slogger who gets from A to B at some stage.
I am considering changing the route to leave from Cornwall in the UK instead of Portugal for a few good reasons, one of which being that his year is the 40th anniversary of a legend called Sidney Genders who, back in 1969, rowed from sennen cove in cornwall to the Canaries, then to Antigua, then to the USA. He is a hero of mine doing what he did without all the modern gear that we have today. A true legend and I would love to start from UK as a trubute to the guy!
But as with all things to do with ocean rowing there is a multidue of variables to account for so any plans i make are as fluid as a pint of water!
any feed back, to those who may read this blog would be welcome
all the very best and GBU
Gary