Header image: Henri Lloyd in St Katharine Docks before the race start

Archive for July 2013

Going overboard

Piers being rescued by Ali, photo by Kong Chian Toh

“Man overboard!” – that’s a phrase you really don’t want to hear, much less be the person in the water! Though I guess if you are the person in the water you would be quite glad to hear it – at least it means that the crew has seen you and the boat will be…

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WHAT Size Were Those Trousers?

At the weekend I went clothes shopping – in a charity shop as usual – for a pair of black trousers. Summer weight that I could wear to a band concert. I had refused to wear my winter weight ones the week before so turned up in my shorts. And got some very funny looks.…

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Different Strokes

Different Strokes Logo

To add to the publicity surrounding last week, Different Strokes added my blog to the Helping Each Other section of their website. Different Strokes is a charity set up by younger stroke survivors to offer support to younger stroke survivors, at a time when most of the services available were aimed at the elderly. In…

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Solihull News: Anita’s fighting fit and ready for the high seas

Solihull News Article July 2013

BY CATHRINA HULSE 19 July 2013 UNDERTAKING the tough Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will not be the biggest challenge Anita Davies faces next January as the 42-year-old has already battled a debilitating stroke to achieve her dream. Anita, who grew up in Olton but now lives in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, is due to set…

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Is that still Start Point? No, again!

We’d spent the first few days of the course day sailing. This allowed us to consolidate what we’d learned on our Level 1 courses, which for some were the previous week and others several months previously. It also accommodated the sea survival course that the rest of the crew members needed to do. I’d already…

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ANITA SAILS AGAIN