Dingwall tea party aims to go the distance
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A 24-hour tea party hosted in a Ross-shire town next week will play its part in helping an adventurer row solo from New York to Stornoway.
The Tea Posy in Dingwall, a vintage tea room, will host the party next Saturday (March 24) to raise funds for Niall Iain Macdonald, who will begin his epic effort from New York in May in support of the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH).
The Tea Posy, which is owned and run by Julia Morgan, is part of The Greenhouse, a not-for-profit organisation that reinvests income into social, community and environmental projects in Dingwall and surrounding areas.
Niall Iain, who lives in Stornoway, plans to row over 3,400 miles alone in one of the most challenging, unpredictable and dangerous bodies of water in the world.
He has been planning this incredible expedition for the past two years and expects the journey to take him almost three months.
Niall Iain said: "I am undertaking my NY2SY challenge to prove to people who may be struggling with their own mental health that there is hope and that there is a way through. There is so much support available to those who need it and it can make such a difference to someone’s life to know that help is there.
"Only 10 people have successfully rowed solo from west to east across the North Atlantic and no one has ever completed the route that I am undertaking. It is truly a unique and historic adventure."
Tickets for the party cost £10 and are available from The Tea Posy and The Green House in Dingwall as well as Hung Gallery in Inverness.
• For further information about Niall Iain’s challenge, see www.NY2SY.co.uk. See this week's Journal for more on this story.
