On Friday the 24th of Jan the Clipper Race organised a get-together for people who had just come back from participating in the first legs of the 2019-2020 race and people who were going to be racing in the 2021-2022 edition. The chosen place was the Little Ship Club in London, a place which the Clipper people have used many times for other events and talks. It was a small event, with only around 20 of us showing up and with Will acting as our host.
Most of the people that showed up were people who had already participated in the 2019-2020 edition (and their families and friends), there were only 3 or 4 people who were going to participate in the 2021-2022 edition. But I had the opportunity to chat with some of them and specially have a long chat with Mathew, an Australian guy currently living in London and who was going to do the round the world. Nice chap and it was a real pleasure sharing some of our illusion and concerns.
It was also great to be able to speak to some people who had already participated in the race. You could see that they had really had an amazing time and one of the good things was to see that they really behaved as a big family, something that can only be achieved if you have shared a great experience together. I got some nice tips that will help me in the race (bring some tweezers, get a tent organizar from Decathlon...) and a good feel of what they had gone through. It was great to hear that some of their favourite moments had been during leg 3, one of the two legs that I plan doing.
Jayne, one of the participants in leg 1 for team Unicef had had the great idea of creating a printed book with a selection of all the pictures from the leg. I think that this idea was brilliant and I think that most people in the get-together would agree with me as everyone spent a great deal of time looking at the pictures. I have noted this and will probably try to do something similar for the legs in which I participate.
It was also great to be able to speak to some people who had already participated in the race. You could see that they had really had an amazing time and one of the good things was to see that they really behaved as a big family, something that can only be achieved if you have shared a great experience together. I got some nice tips that will help me in the race (bring some tweezers, get a tent organizar from Decathlon...) and a good feel of what they had gone through. It was great to hear that some of their favourite moments had been during leg 3, one of the two legs that I plan doing.
Jayne, one of the participants in leg 1 for team Unicef had had the great idea of creating a printed book with a selection of all the pictures from the leg. I think that this idea was brilliant and I think that most people in the get-together would agree with me as everyone spent a great deal of time looking at the pictures. I have noted this and will probably try to do something similar for the legs in which I participate.
In all a great evening, looking forward to the next one and hoping that more people can join.
