The race is on for Bedfordshire’s Charlie

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A round the globe yacht race which Bedfordshire’s Charlie Whewell will join, got underway this September.

Charlie, Head of Higher Education and Partnerships at The Bedford College Group, is part of the relay crew in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and he gets on board in June 2024.

Having completed his training, Charlie is now fund-raising to for UNICEF.

He is running in the TTP Cambridge Half Marathon to support his team PSP Logistics and UNICEF. Go to Just Giving: Charlie’s Clipper UNICEF Mi-tie Miles Challenge.

Charlie has been broadcast on the the BBC talking about the trip of a lifetime.

His leg of the relay will take him from Washington DC across the North Atlantic to Oban on the West Coast of Scotland and finally down to Portsmouth in July 2024.

https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/news/article/portsmouth-to-host-race-start-and-finish-of-clipper-round-the-world-yacht-race

Bedford Borough Bulletin – current edition
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