Through all of the bad...comes the good.

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I’m sat on a train listening to the din of many northern voices. I feel at home.
I’m heading up to Doncaster to see my family after the finishing of BoardFree Uk.
He made it. I’m incredibly proud. Words cannot describe everything he’s been through and everything that he’s accomplished.
I’m currently half looking at the photographs from the finishing day and half blogging, so forgive me if I seem like you’ve not got my full attention, you have. It’s all BoardFree.
I’m glad BoardFree Uk is over but I’m looking forward to BoardFree Oz. Lots of reasons really.
I know that in Oz everyone on the team will have their own part and no one person shall be attempting to do nearly everything. Knowing this settles me.
I know that there’ll be more people in Oz therefore everything will be a lot less personal and there’ll be more people to go to for help and assistance.
I can overhear two people sat on the other side of the aisle talking about how they went to see Alan Fletcher (Fletch) at their uni. They’re saying how good and brilliant and up for it he was and how he was having loads of banter…all I keep thinking is … teehee, Fletch and BoardFree are best mates! Teehee!
The finishing day was fantastic. Bev, Nat and I drove ahead to get the finishing line set up…i.e put toilet roll (fragranced non the less) across the line and to get the champagne out ready to shake and pour onto Dave. We made sure that it was going to be announced across the tannoys at Lands End so that as many people as possible could cheer him across the finishing line. People kept coming out ready to applaud the first man to skateboard the length of Britain. It felt amazing. I was getting tingles and goose bumps when I saw him skate over the hill leading up to the entrance. I knelt down ready to shoot him finishing. Another thing that I really enjoyed about the finishing day is that I had a photography companion. I really enjoyed Gael being with us and I didn’t get territorial or jealous which I thought I might have done. We worked well as a team and captured the day perfectly…thanks Gael, you’re an awesome photographer! Get saving to visit Oz please!
He tore through the arty finishing line, Nat sprayed champagne everywhere. BoardFree Uk had come to an end. All that pain, all that hard work, all those moods were over. Worth it though. Every second of it. All worth it to finish.
I hope now he’s finished this one, more people will start donating online. There’s been an abundance of people offline as we’ve travelled through both Scotland and England who’ve just stopped to give us a fiver or tenner. Thank you to everyone who’s shown us support. Who’s been kind enough to give us two minutes of your time. Who’s been kind enough to put us up for the night for discounted prices or free. All this is incredible.
Well done to Dave.
And a big thankyou for letting me be a part of it.

H