England to France, the wet way!

England to France, the wet way!
STOP PRESS - SUCCESSFUL ENGLISH CHANNEL SOLO CROSSING ACHIEVED ON TUESDAY 3rd AUGUST 2010!

After setting off from Samphire Hoe beach at 2.45 a.m. I finally landed at Calais Harbour beach at approximately 6.30 p.m. UK time, after seeing a wide range of weather and sea states which the Channel had to offer.

According to www.dover.uk.com/channelswimming, I became the 33rd person in 2010 to swim the Channel solo and the 1123rd person to swim the Channel overall.

Sorry the twitter wasn't updated, but it got so rough that it wasn't possible to send any texts!

Sincerest thanks to all who've supported me, taken an interest and otherwise helped me to realise my dream and already donated to my 2 charities, namely RMHC and The Light Fund, a fund raising body who will onward donate funds raised to Friends of Pitcher Oak Special School.

I forgot to add the most frequent "Q&A" to my blog of the swim:
Q Did you really send the tweets whilst you were swimming?

A Sorry, but no - my playful crew, Laurence, Stuart and Wilber were having fun! I must be mad, but I've said I'll also post their reports of the swim, shortly.

I'll also post the video that they took - still needs a bit of editing first though!

Saturday, 27 February 2010

How It started

...In a pub of course, like many of the maddest ventures! And why 'mad'? Well, if you care to read on I'll get to what I've found out about swimming the English Channel and why it isn't an activity to be undertaken by the feint hearted, under-prepared or - let's face it- sane!

But first, let me take you back to the summer of 2007, when I was asked to join a Charity Swim week in Malta for the brandlicensing industry, organised by Stephen Gould, then MD of 4Kids Entertainment. I said 'yes'.

Ever since, I've had cause to reflect upon the dodgy commitments through the ages which have been made in pubs; press gangs, plots to overthrow parliament and now my induction in to the open water swimming fraternity.

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