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*Pictured above - Rhian Roxburgh prepares for the race with her team mates. Rhian Roxburgh competes for Team GB in the World's Toughest Challenge...with $100,000 prize money. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   Top North Wales triathlete and coach Rhian Roxburgh has been selected to represent Team GB as part of a four-person team to compete this week in the ‘World’s Toughest Challenge,’ and she could win a share of a $100,000 reward. The Llandudno based award-winning all-round endurance athlete is currently travelling to Sweden to take part in the  One Water Race  against nine other rival teams from Australia, France, Canada, Sweden, plus other combined nations teams from 19-21st August, during a gruelling event that will last for about 60-hours non-stop over 5 varied stages The race covers a distance of about 250 km, the equivalent of 6 marathons, and is split up into approximately 200 km running, and 50 km swimming events. The running takes place...

Special NW Coast and Country Author Spotlight Feature. Welcome to another new author feature in conjunction with Amazon. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Wendy Lee and her new novel French Days, French Voices.   When Wendy Lee moved to the French Mediterranean coast, le Midi, she was asked by a health service colleague 'how difficult can it be to lead a simple life?' Twenty-five years later she, her partner and a second edition Cocker Spaniel called Lola, are still leading, some might say, a simple life. Although in her head still English, but now speaking quite good French, she is never heard saying 'Mustn't grumble' or 'getting there.' Wendy Lee likes to think that this experience has changed the way she understands home. Her family live in England and she sees them often.  French Days, French Voices is her first non-fiction book.  Told through the eyes of French villagers using snapshots, anecdotes, illustrations and poetry it is intended for anyone interested in a di...