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As Lesley is doing eight legs she has to raise
£20,000 for the row and £20,000 for her two
charities.
On her website it says people can donate £10
towards ‘chocolates and navy issue rum’ or
£100 per leg for a (rather useful) pair of oars.
Friends have already given a donation towards
a life-raft.
The boat and skipper’s fees plus all the
equipment and clothing has to be paid for
before Lesley sets foot on the sea.
Lesley will be raising money for the RNLI,
whose services she hopes she won’t need,
and for Sea Changers, which raises awareness
about the severe environmental problem of
plastic pollution in the seas.
To find out more about Lesley’s rowing
challenge and to donate visit:
http://row.lesleyfoden.com37
who skippered the women’s crew across the
Atlantic in 2016.
Between now and June when she sets sail,
Lesley has to do a Rescue at Sea, which will
mean she will be “chucked in the water to see
if I sink or swim”.
She also has to learn First Aid and how to use
a VHF radio.
Husband Mark and daughter Poppy say they
are really proud of Lesley and think it’s a
fantastic adventure for her.
As well as moral support, Mark is offering
technical expertise. He has made a video and
created a website called ‘Lesley’s Row’, which
gives details of her progress and information
about how to donate and how the money will
be used.
Lesley said: “I suspect Mark and Poppy think I
had better get this out of my system and then
I’ll be back to normal again.
“But if I’d known how hard it is to get corporate
sponsorship I would have painted lots of
paintings and sold them, trying to do both is
almost impossible.”
Meanwhile, on the leg from Dublin to Oban,
Scottish friends are ‘plotting to ambush’ Lesley
on their boat when
Liberty
reaches Scottish
waters West of Gigha, a small island off the
west coast of Kintyre.
Then, if they can keep up with Lesley, they will
escort her towards Oban, while serenading her
with bagpipes.
To see Lesley’s paintings visit:
lesleyfoden.comI don’t mind as long as I can take
tea bags – as I shall miss having
a cup of tea the most
Lesley’s
challenge