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Ok, I have finally arrived at the melee that is the Race Village of the 7th edition of the Vendee Globe Race. In case you don’t know what the Vendee Globe is, it is a solo (completely on your own) non-stop (properly non stop), unaided (no outside help via any means) round the world (South [...]

How are you going to follow the race? There are many ways you can get onboard for the adventure of a lifetime: Twitter You can follow #VG2012 at @VendeeGlobe And tweet us too – don’t forget to #VG2012 on any Vendee Globe chatter They love to be retweeted so feel free to RT their tweets [...]

It’s incredible to think that the use of tar to pave roads goes right back to 8th century Baghdad. That’s well over 1,000 years that mankind has been paving roads for smoother travel. What’s even more remarkable, however, is after discovering that kind of comfort that it wasn’t for another thousand years that it became [...]

All stock must go – out with old and in with the new! Prices have been slashed so that we can launch our new collections – we are so excited! sales@pharthaus.com – order today. All canvases are limited editions, with no more than one or two copies in circulation and we only have one copy [...]

D-day is pending. In the build up to departure to Les Sables d’Olonne in the Vendee region of Frenchest France to begin my writing gig for the English version of the Vendee Globe website, I am preparing the handover brief to give to Hagar the husband so that he can add the role as Domestic [...]

“Tonight I shall sleep well. I shan’t dread the sound of cars stopping outside, with doors slamming & footsteps approaching. When the phone rings after 10pm my blood won’t run cold whilst I hold my breath. I will no longer imagine the scenario of a uniformed man telling me that he has bad news… Tonight [...]

It’s only a few weeks away before I begin my intrepid adventure to the Vendee region of France to work as one of three English journalists writing for the website vendeeglobe.org of the non-stop solo global ocean yacht race, The Vendee Globe – billed as the Everest of the High Seas. Two weeks, childfree and [...]