I mean, that preparation, as you say, it must involve weeks and months of preparation.

I have about four years of preparation gone into this one and four into the previous one.

So, yeah, it's a huge learning curve.

And learning is good.

It's an interesting journey.

And, yeah, so I'm really looking forward to the start now.

I am down as one of the favourites this time.

absolutely your emergency grab bag tell me about this so this is sealed and if you have to open it effectively is the race over for you does that change things

You're talking about maybe 300 days to complete, is it?

300 days, yeah.

210 would be kind of winning time.

I'm in it because it's a race.

I'm in it to try and win.

In the race in 2018, the second race ever, the Golden Globe race, 18 started and only five finished.

And in the 22 race that I was in, 16 started and three finished.

As you go through the whole route, are there particular pits that you'd see as the main challenge? And if I get through that bit, I'll be doing well? Or is it all much of a muchness?

You're talking about maybe 300 days to complete, is it?

300 days, yeah.

210 would be kind of winning time.

I'm in it because it's a race.

I'm in it to try and win.

In the race in 2018, the second race ever, the Golden Globe race, 18 started and only five finished.

And in the 22 race that I was in, 16 started and three finished.

As you go through the whole route, are there particular pits that you'd see as the main challenge? And if I get through that bit, I'll be doing well? Or is it all much of a muchness?

You must have strong support from the family then, Pat, to actually take off like this because you're going to be a long time away.

I have fantastic support from my family.

Yeah, they're really behind me.

And I know they probably worry at times, but I worry about them.

You know, when you leave, when you come back, there will be friends of yours that have passed.

And so it's an interesting journey that way.

You're cut off.

The last time, what happened that you didn't manage to complete the race?