Devises to Westminster Challenge

Bathroom Solutions Director Karl Donaghey will be taking part in this years Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race.

Karl & Lee have been in training for months now, to raise funds for their favourite charity, ‘Help For Heroes’. The annual Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon is the world’s longest, non-stop canoe race. Frequently referred to simply as DW, the race starts in Devizes, Wiltshire, and follows the Kennet & Avon Canal to join the Thames at Reading. The finish is in the heart of London at Westminster Bridge. Covering the 125-mile distance in kayaks or canoes, DW is one of the toughest endurance events in the world.

Most paddlers will take around 24 hours to complete the course, without stopping to eat, sleep or rest. Alternatively, the race can be tackled in 4 stages starting on Easter Friday, and finishing on Easter Monday. The race started as a wager in a pub in 1948. Sixty years on it has grown into a firm fixture in the world's canoeing calendar that is open to all comers.

Around 200 crews from Britain and abroad attempt the course every year and between 50 to 80 % make it to the finish – this is not for the fainthearted! Previous competitors include Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Olympic Silver medallist Guin Batten, TV tough guy Donal MacIntyre, and the first British woman to summit Everest, Rebecca Stephens. This year’s event, is the 62nd to be run and takes place on 2nd to 5th April.

Karl & Lee are looking for pledges and sponsorship for the Help For Heroes charity, which you can make made by post or calling into the shop & speaking with a member of staff there. So come on, let’s give these guys the support & focus they need to paddle through the night, 24hrs non-stop.

If you wish to sponsor Karl and Lee all donations will be going to the Help For Heroes Charity and should be directed to:

Bathroom Solutions
291 Leicester Road
Wigston
Leicester
LE18 1JW
0116 288 28 34

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