Rosie Sullivan, who wrote this amazing song and performed it with Stephen Drummond, Jessica Fowler, Jane Hepburn, Anna Murray & Eleanor Nicolson. Many thanks to the artists who have given up their time for free and also to Keith Morrison, who kindly let it all happen in his Wee Studio. It's only 79p on iTunes, with every penny getting split between the 4 charities.
Sponsored by TalkTalk In the Summer of 2015, a Team of 7 swimmers will be swimming, relay style from St.kilda to Hushinish, Isle of Harris to raise money for The Leanne Fund, The Fishermen's Mission, Yorkhill Children's Charity & Aberlour Child Care Trust. The swimmers will be supported by 3 Kayakers and a Cabin Cruiser whilst they swim around 60 miles through the North Atlantic Ocean, hoping to be the first Team to complete this mad, dangerous, challenge. |
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Please Donate to Any or All of the Charities that we're swimming to raise money for:
If you would like to donate to The Leanne Fund, you can do so, safely and securely, through our JustGiving Page. Here is the link, It will open a new window for you: The Leanne Fund JustGiving Link.
If you would like to donate to Yorkhill Children's Charity, you can do so, safely and securely, through our JustGiving Page. Here is the link, It will open a new window for you: Yorkhill Children's Charity Justgiving Link.
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If you would like to donate to Fishermen's Mission, you can do so, safely and securely, through our JustGiving Page. Here is the link, It will open a new window for you: The Fishermen's Mission Justgiving Link.
If you would like to donate to the Aberlour Child Care Trust, you can do so, safely and securely, through our JustGiving Page. Here is the link, It will open in a new window for you:
Aberlour Child Care Trust JustGiving Link. |
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The 'St Kilda Mailboat'
A St Kilda mailboat is a wooden 'boat', containing a letter, usually sealed in a cocoa tin. A sheep's bladder acts as a float. The first mailboat was sent out as a distress signal in time of famine by John Sands, a journalist, who was stranded on St Kilda during winter of 1876. It was later used by St Kildans as a tourist gimmick.
Mailboats are now sent by St Kilda work parties as part of the ritual of visiting St Kilda. They are carried by the Gulf Stream and usually reach land in Scotland or Scandinavia. Records of mailboats, and where they were washed up, are published in the St Kilda Mail. A recent mailboat sent with greetings to the new Scottish Parliament arrived within a few weeks!
A St Kilda mailboat is a wooden 'boat', containing a letter, usually sealed in a cocoa tin. A sheep's bladder acts as a float. The first mailboat was sent out as a distress signal in time of famine by John Sands, a journalist, who was stranded on St Kilda during winter of 1876. It was later used by St Kildans as a tourist gimmick.
Mailboats are now sent by St Kilda work parties as part of the ritual of visiting St Kilda. They are carried by the Gulf Stream and usually reach land in Scotland or Scandinavia. Records of mailboats, and where they were washed up, are published in the St Kilda Mail. A recent mailboat sent with greetings to the new Scottish Parliament arrived within a few weeks!