In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!

[silky fox]

We would always smile when we saw each other but I always thought she was too good for me and anyway she was always studying or playing tennis.I was only interested in the Punk lasses or the more edgey or bohemian types.....Little did I know.

[Stubby]

6 minutes ago, silky fox said:

So what brought me here? To answer this question I have to go back to February 2020. Well.....maybe around 40 years ago.

I still remember the push bike up against the wall and the gnarly old stick you took out with just a had held Silky saw . I was impressed then .....🙂

[silky fox]

In February 2020 I received a message from from that very same girl wanting to contact me!

[silky fox]

She was a long way off.But we began daily conversations and messaging.Yes I was totally attracted to her but it was clear as time went on that there was something more...much more.Would I travel over there to visit her? One constant in my life since I got my life back has been the accumulation of money.If you don't blow it every weekend it soon builds up.I had just got myself a new passport and at 53 years of age why not? Meanwhile in the background something odd was happening in China according to the Media.As the days went by things got serious.I listened to the advice which was straight forward...I realised that times were about to get desperate.And I do thrive of these times...Time to go into full survival mode.Concentrate on keeping fit and focused and ignore any negative or Media Hype and just climb trees,make money and dream about the possibility of meeting her one day.

[silky fox]

Time to get Really Superfit! I decided I would Swim....almost everyday.Yeah it would mean following protocol with distancing but it was better No crowds...just swimming lengths for an hour each session.So again after an absence of 40 years I took up daily swimming.

[silky fox]

I gave up my love of rowing in favour Pubs too back then....so yep time to return to the river.They were all made of wood last time I was in a clinker so this would be interesting.Thankfully my coach said she was amazed that I looked so confident on the river.

[silky fox]

Next day I had moved on to a faster Scull unstablised too.No problem with that.

[silky fox]

Lots of evening practice

[silky fox]

Day 3 I added a GoPro.

[Mick Dempsey]

Did you row to America single handed?