Life in Beckworth » 2016 Olympics http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Heroic Son Speed Skates To Rio http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/nell-edmunds/heroic-son-speed-skates-to-rio/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/nell-edmunds/heroic-son-speed-skates-to-rio/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2016 14:24:54 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=7177 Continue reading →]]> Hello to Beckworth residents and to the many millions of my husband Noel’s dedicated fans. I wanted to keep you updated with the whereabouts of our youngest son Neil, the World famous ice skating champion and mime artist, last seen serving six years hard-labour in an Italian jail. Well, I’m pleased to announce that he escaped prison and today our dear boy arrived safely in Brazil. Handsome Neil hitched a six-month lift from Italy to Rio on a leaky oil tanker and practiced skating almost daily on the rusty deck. You may remember he left Beckworth a couple of years ago on his solo around the World quest and after a few hiccups is now at the 2016 Olympics. He sadly isn’t competing due to alleged irregularities, which we blame on his Russian trainer, but will be watching many events including his favourite event. The diving. You can sponsor Edmunds Jnr on his around the world trip via his dad (Noel Edmunds)’s Deal Or No deal website, and believe me he needs all the money he can get. Bribed prison guards, Olympic tickets and five-star hotels don’t come cheap, even when you’re the son of the World’s greatest TV game-show host. Many thanks (Mrs) Nell Edmunds

Oiltanker

(Above) A artist’s impression of an oil tanker ideal for Neil Edmunds to skate on

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