in the pope s on spirituality. that is something to do with hisjesuit training. thank you so much for talking to us. hgppy thank you so much for talking to us. happy christmas. thank you so much for talking to us. happy christmas- it s going to be a christmas day like no other for friends kat, charlotte and abby, as they spend the day in the middle of the atlantic. they re taking part in a 3,000 mile rowing race from the canary islands to antigua, and they re doing it to raise money for cancer charities, after discovering kat s cancer had returned this year. mike bushell reports. christmas at sea in the middle of the big blue. three friends in a rowing boat try to get across the atlantic and into the world record books. kat, charlotte, and abby. and rather than the family for company this christmas, a pod of dolphins captured by their boat s camera. a moment of beauty, a wonder to ease the pain of body sores and extreme exhaustion from lack of sleep on this voyage of endless horizon,
so while it won t feel like any other christmas, the festive feeling will help spur them on towards the goal. happy christmas to charlotte, kat, and abby. we know you will not stop for any celebration, but i hope maybe you will wear a santa hat and have some tinsel around your neck and maybe have a one minute celebration and we re thinking of you and we will see you and antigua. hopefully with a new world record. it s lovely to get messages from family and friends. itjust kind of spurs us on to get rowing and try to get to antigua even quicker. so it s wonderful to hear, to hear those messages as well. happy christmas, everybody. mike bushell there talking to the participants in that remarkable chance. good luck to them wherever they are. i hope they are still friends at the end of it. you are