With the BBC’s Mike Bushell after our first stint on the red sofa where Helen grabbed Mike and told him she loved him!
Janette at Caroline’s house learning how to stitch up wounds on her birthday.
Ladies in Yellow: Doing our Survival at Sea training down in Hull.
Frances learning all about raft tipping!
With Reverend Kate Bottley when Rose was blessed.
The team switching on the Burn Christmas lights on the village green in November 2015 before we set off.
Our fundraising ball at York Racecourse. L to R: Lucy Butters, Mark Davies, Frances Davies, Henry Butters (in front), Richard Butters, Gareth Doeg, Helen Butters, Niki Doeg, Ben Benaddi, Janette Benaddi.
Janette with her children James and Safiya and husband Ben on the boat at San Sebastián Marina, La Gomera, before we set off.
Niki, Helen and Frances having some downtime in La Gomera.
Giving it some welly as we train for the Talisker race.
Some seriously deep waves in La Gomera as we practise for the journey of a lifetime.
Christmas Day at sea, 5 days and 318 nautical miles into the row.
Frances tucking into lunch.
Janette pretending to be excited about the prospect of yet more Ultrafuel, 2000 miles into our journey.
Niki enjoying mango gin on her birthday.
Niki getting stuck in cleaning Rose’s solar panels, which we did every day of the crossing, unless the weather was really bad.
Mid-row – loving life.
Ollie Verschoyle, the Director of Photography on the Four Mums in a Boat documentary for National Geographic, filming us rowing into Antigua after more than 2 months at sea.
Just as we arrived into the harbour and set off our flares.
We made it! No words can describe how we felt at this moment.
Arriving into Antigua: the final push before we rowed into Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour in Antigua on February 25th 2016.
Immediately after the race, being interviewed by the BBC.
Frances – and her excellent tan – with husband Mark and sons Jay and Jack in Antigua.
In Antigua with Jayne McCubbin and Brij Patel from the BBC. They were both so supportive from the start.
A backstage meeting with the cast from Mamma Mia at the Novello Theatre in London, reliving our best musical moments on the ocean.
Before and after. What a difference 2 months on the ocean makes!
Before and after. What a difference 2 months on the ocean makes!
A cheeky article published in Viz about us and our ‘detour’ to Loxely Head (as if!)
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