And so to the sponsorship.......

Its hours since I sent an email round to all our friends, as well as some who we've not seen for ages but would love to. And already - thanks so much, people have put their hands up to give us a contribution!

First in there was my brother Anthony - thanks Ant you star, of course his job like mine does involve sitting in front of a computer ALL THE TIME! He was there withing minutes of my not-funny email. A special thanks already to Sarah in New Zealand - that is Sarah of the sailing in the Mediterranean post somewhere near the start of this blog. Fred, Angus, Simone and Adam another old sailing mate from New Zealand. Maybe we'll make it to £500 after all?

And on the subject here's a kind message from Adam, I'll just put it here and let you decide......

(FYI Ceasar's Palace in this context is a sailing boat)

Hey Pete

Very impressed you are going to run 10km, its been a few years since I managed to cover that distance, unfortunately I won’t be able to be there in person to throw things at you so was wondering if you could perhaps throw a few things for me… in fact if you could just arrange someone to flail you with a rubber chicken at appropriate times I would be greatful.

Will go on the website now and see if I can manage to donate a bit for you.

Have a good one

Adam from Ceasars Palace

In fact here's a nice picture of said boat skippered by said Kiwi that we took in one of our last races before leaving New Zealand, because no blog entry on any subject is complete without a picture of a yacht.

Ceasar's Palace in Auckland Harbour at sunset- possibly passing Motutapu Island (and unfortunately us on this occasion too!)