Who is She?

Who is this other woman? Dirty D is not prone to bouts of jealously, but a K2 partner scorned, is a K2 partner scorned……. Beaujolais’ shoulder is still troublesome, Dirty D still feeling the guilt of him pushing on beyond the point of broken-ness. So what better suggestion that a run together at our old […]

Dashed by Dirty D

Beaujolais’s peace was significantly disturbed by on what on first appearance looked to be a friendly visit by Dirty D. However no sooner had she settled on to the settee and was swilling down his coffee, having just previously swiped some fruit when the onslaught began: First off all she announced she was “borrowing a […]

Green shoots… Perhaps the first signs of recovery…

Had a surprise visit from Louis “the nice South African” (DW2010). We drank some beers and ate curry- we also spoke a lot of crap, as one should at such times… But good crap. It was good to see the big guy and I hope when he next returns he will actually stay over for […]

Born to Lose… live to win…

Perhaps a little melodramatic- the above line is from a Motörhead T Shirt supporting the English Football team in Brazil…. Yet is also sums up my paddling aspirations at the moment. It is now some 9 weeks since abandoning the boat at Windsor. Yet still the shoulder is unable to accept a paddling motion and […]

My Name is Dirty D – and I am a statistic!

The final, indignant kick in the teeth arrived by post over the weekend – the official results booklet from the DW organisers. Crew 325 do not merit a mention, no official record of our retiring at 84 miles and 17hrs – just one of the faceless crews who did not make it to Westminster – […]