Pete Hall, proprietor of The Old Fort and president of this years Seaview Village Regatta, has decided to run a small charitable event to help raise funds for The Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight and Help for Heroes.

The event will take place on the 18.08.2012 in the form of a sponsored row from The Old Fort, Seaview around St Helen’s Fort, Bembridge and back again. Participants are asked to each raise, donate or be sponsored £100 with all funds raised being split equally between both charities.

Further details can be found at www.virginmoneygiving.com/fort2fort and you can follow them on Twitter.