Stuart Lockhart
Cabbies Do Atlantic Row Team Member
Stuart Lockhart
I’m not one to ever back out or down from a challenge so when Daren phoned me & asked me if I wanted to be part of this amazing once in a lifetime experience, I jumped at the chance. I put the phone down and then started to think ‘What have I done here?’
My head started saying things like “You’ve got a shoulder injury, you hate rowing in the gym, you’ve never been in a rowing boat in your life, you’ve got a dodgy back” When my answer to all that was “So what!” I knew I’d made the right choice.
I love a challenge. Three years ago I was almost four stone heavier than what I am now. I don’t ever want to go back to those days as I have never been fitter than what I am now. I was planning to do something big for my 50th birthday and they don’t get any bigger than this. Please God, with all things going well, I’ll be spending my 50th birthday rowing across the Atlantic.
Like Daren has said, my main target is that we all just get across safely & that we do it in the shortest time that we are capable of. If it takes us a bit longer, then so be it. Also, to be able to raise some money for these two great charities is a bonus. I really can’t wait to get going but I’ve got a little job of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to get out of the way first.
Stuart Lockhart
Bob Barber
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John Dillane
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