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!

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Here's what licening.biz had to say about my swim attempt.


Barnet Today News posted this article after my swim. I don't remember saying that I drank the Channel, though it's still nice to get the mention - thanks go to good friend Andy Wilson for being my PR man for this!
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