January 20

Chapeau* Francis

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* Chapeau: Literal translation "Hat". A French form of congratulations, i.e. "I raise my hat to you". Unless you have been living under a rock for the last year, you will know that Francis Joyon just smashed the Round-The-World-Solo record by 14 days completing it in 59 days, 13 hours. Congratulations from all the staff at Messing About (that's just me actually) . CowesOnline provides an excellent synposis of this amazing feat. Here is the man himself as he returned home.

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