DreamMaker was turned into a makeshift A&E last night as Herdip spilt boiling water from the cooker on her ankle (rather an extreme way to get out of eating the dehydrated food!). With a fair level of drama the burn was quickly treated with silvadene and bandaged. It's hoped that this will not effect Herdip's ability to row - although none of us would envy salt water in a fresh burn (ouch!).
And speaking of food - Elin reports great disappointment in not being able to reach anywhere near the 6000 calories recommended per day. They have very little appetite. Again, showing their true nurse aptitude, they have established the 'functional' differences between the vegetarian and meat options. Something we asked for no further detail about!
The roller coaster of emotions associated with the reality of spending the next two months on something not much bigger than a surfboard, in the company of just one other, has meant plenty of jokes and jibes as well as tears at time.
They have asked us to remind everyone that they can only receive messages via texts which are sent from the Iridium website (not personal mobiles) or via Woodvale messages board. Emails continue to evade them!
Despite the dramas and testing times they certainly are getting the miles in which I think tells the true story of their strength and determination.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GIRLS, WE THINK YOU'RE DOING FANTASTICALLY!
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