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[Sweder]

I thought about doing the TM in 2006 but have opted for the Bramley 20 the next day instead. But in 2007 perhaps? It is Feb 18 in 2006, so could fit in well for a Two Oceans in April. The Thames Meander is 52 miles, but if you average just 4 miles an hour, you beat the cut-off. Then you all sleep on the floor of a school hall.

A school hall?
Why didn't they highlight that in the sales blurb?!!
I'd have signed up right away . . .

Whoah.
I just heard that Wilson Pickett died today (aged 64).
In the Midnight Hour and Mustang Sallyare truly great songs.
A slightly lesser known WP number, and one of my favorites, was Land of 1,000 Dances. RIP Wilson, and thank you for what we true belivers know to be the real R&B - Rythmn & Blues. I picked up an 8 CD collection - The Best of Atlantic Rythmn & Blues 1947 - 1974 - a few years back, loaded with Pickett classics along with songs by Ray Charles, Aretha, Sam & Dave and of course Mr Otis Redding. Well worth a spin.