The Courier Dundee - Milli casts off a yarn on rowing adventure

Pittenweem knitter and businesswoman tells us why she's preparing for the World's Toughest Row, which will see her go solo across the Atlantic at 50. When East Neuk businesswoman Milli Abrams tells people she's planning to row solo across the Atlantic as part of the world's toughest row, their reactions tend to be a mix of awe and disbelief.

A knitter and entrepreneur running her tribe yarns business from a converted cowshed on the Balcaskie Estate near Pittenweem, the former accountant isn't exactly the image many conjure when they think of a transatlantic rower.

But that's precisely why she's doing it. The 48-year-old, who soon to turn 49, is on a mission to challenge expectations, not just others, but her own. “Why not?” she says, when asked about her motivations. “I didn't think someone like me could do something like this, and when I realised that I could, there wasn't even a question, it was just: I'm doing this.”…

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