That's all folks, it's all over bar the BIG ONE

I cannot begin to describe how we are feeling now, having prepared as a team since July for one event is almost impossible.

The training is done, we are carefully eating our way to the start, preparing the boat, packing our kit.........

Two things more than anything keep us going and maintain the focus.
Firstly Matt and Lee agreed to do the event together as a team, we have had lots of fun times together in training and some not so great times, through illness or weather, if we were honest I suspect we would both say we would prefer it was now over and we could return to normal family life, we are both looking forward to the event enormously and could not have reached this stage without the support of our wives, Melissa and Debbie and our families, friends and employers! The race is not just about Matt and Lee but what they have all contributed ahead of and during the race as our supporters. The blog describes us as the AB Walker Canoe Team and that is what we are.

Secondly during the darkest hours of our training we have thought about our charity, with the boat sign written and wearing the Help For Heroes wristbands we cannot forget that we are raising money for men and women who have made a far greater sacrifice for this country. We are delighted that thanks to the generosity of all our sponsors to have surpassed our fundraising target of £5,000 by some way in the week before the race, thank you one and all.

For those of you that still want to know just what we are about to subject ourselves to please see parts 1 and 2 of the Devizes Westminster documentary on OUTDOORS TV. http://www.outdoorstv.tv/playdw1.html

I doubt that we will post any more before the race as we need to get into the zone or something like that!

Have a very Happy Easter, we intend to!

Thanks to you all

Best wishes

Matt and Lee