YouSaid · the spoken record

Ellen MacArthur

lines on the record

52

first

2009-10-04

most recent

2009-10-04

sittings or episodes

1

sources

podcast

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

1. “It's funny there was nothing like that. Absolutely nothing I was focused on the finish line, and really, because the finish line's near the rocks, until you cross it until it's actually physically crossed, things can still go wrong. And when I cross that line, that first feeling I had was just one of pure relief that I could actually for the first time in two and a half months switch my brain off. You can never, ever relax, for that whole time you're at sea, and then when you cross the line it's over. It's just over.”

   2009-10-04 · Desert Island Discs · Dame Ellen MacArthur · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “The thing that really hit me was the smell of the land. This smell of land was something I hadn't smelt for two and a half months, and it was so strong. It was really strong, really definitely plants you could smell plants, but it was the earth, actually, I think. You could actually smell the earth.”

   2009-10-04 · Desert Island Discs · Dame Ellen MacArthur · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source