Swimming To France – Chapter 2

Swimming To France – Chapter 2

Back on the boat, back to Samphire Hoe. 3.48 am.To start the swim, the first swimmer jumps into the water, swims to shore. Clears the water, hand ups waving to indicate they are ready. A claxon sounds and they re-enter the water and start swimming. At night, a crew...
Swimming To France – Chapter 2

Swimming To France – Chapter 1

“Nothing great is easy”I remember the day I was invited to go to a swimming pool – not to muck about but to swim lengths – with a solo English Channel, multiple channel relay, hard-as-nails open water marathon swimmer. I swam 12 lengths. I was pretty damn...