David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
I have it on very good authority that people to carry the flame through Lymington were thin on the ground. Cap'n Hardy of MV Rum Runner offered to do it on his Israeli made mobility trike with a Ferrari umbrella to stop the flame extinguishing in the torrential rain but the organisers declined on the grounds that the preceding bus could not make the same speeds as the good Cap'n and the people of Lymington were not ready for such a frightening occurrence/experience. I rang him about an hour afterwards and could barely decipher a single word - I think the rum was taking it's toll - and he just kept muttering that he wanted some sausages for breakfast. This was 3pm. He may have set course to Southampton to see if his services might be needed this evening.