Round Ireland with a Kayak
Dingle and the Dolphin
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"After
a 10 hour paddle from the Beara Peninsula to Valencia Island
into a force 5 headwind I collapsed into my bivi bag while
I waited for the van."
Simon's reached Rough Head on the Dingle peninsular, with
some awkward paddling ahead.
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Its amazing where you can sleep when you are tired.
On Saturday my arms were drained from the day before. I
only managed to cover 15 miles to Dingle. It was a bit out
of my way but I thought there was the possibility of good
fundraising.
Sunday was force 5-6 from the North and so I decided to
spend the day collecting, eating and sleeping. Late on today
a gentleman called Gary walked up to the van and said he
would like to give a small donation. He ended up donating
500 Euros!
We were all speechless. He mentioned that he recently lost
a very close friend to cancer. This kind of spontaneous
generosity makes us realise how deeply people are affected
by cancer.
From Simon
Photograph
- Reconstruction of event courtesy of Phil's hand, which stepped
in at short notice as we missed the actual event on camera.
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Simon talks to BBC Radio Shropshire's Chris Ashley
about his last week (audio).
Chris
Ashley chats to Simon's dad Kevin (audio).
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