I agree strongly with most of that, except perhaps we should leave the 2 day/one day decision till we know what we can do, as I suspect Gordon will be reluctant to wimp out.
Incidentally, don't worry about hills, Salisbury Plain is mostly mis-named and we'd be very unlucky if there wasn't some sloping terrain in the vicinity of where the stone is.
I'm not sure that the fact we're rowing uphill will be the strongest selling point anyway. Distance may be the thing that impresses the TV people. And, ideally, a few seconds of footage where it's all going perfectly, like the University Boat Race!
There's an idea! Maybe we should challenge the beeb!
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