Chris Bentley column: Exeter Chiefs are making waves
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Heroes come in many forms.
At the spritely age of 66, Sir Francis Chichester sailed into Plymouth after he successfully circumnavigated the globe single-handed in 226 days in his small yacht Gipsy Moth IV.
He was subsequently hailed as a national hero and knighted by the Queen.
Chichester did well to earn hero status, but his achievement pales in significance when compared to yours truly and my ocean adventure on Sunday last.
By way of explanation, my task was to circumnavigate Burgh Island – a distance of no less than a whole mile.
I’d survived two 10-minute training dips in preparat…
At the spritely age of 66, Sir Francis Chichester sailed into Plymouth after he successfully circumnavigated the globe single-handed in 226 days in his small yacht Gipsy Moth IV.
He was subsequently hailed as a national hero and knighted by the Queen.
Chichester did well to earn hero status, but his achievement pales in significance when compared to yours truly and my ocean adventure on Sunday last.
By way of explanation, my task was to circumnavigate Burgh Island – a distance of no less than a whole mile.
I’d survived two 10-minute training dips in preparat…
