Monthly Archives: September 2014

WE DID IT – To France & back in a day (well almost)

Posted on September 23, 2014 by lisaswims

On Friday morning my alarm rang at 4am, it had felt only minutes that I had been sleeping after finally getting into bed at 12.30 after packing, preparing food and ensuring I had everything I needed – I also got … Continue reading →

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Mystical Swimming

Posted on September 19, 2014 by lisaswims

So we have started, it’s very misty out here and the fog horn keeps going off every few minutes as there are boats close by we can’t see. My first swim was against the tide but made some good ground. … Continue reading →

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The time has come…

Posted on September 18, 2014 by lisaswims

Tomorrow morning at 7am, I and three friends (Team COSMIC Rays) will be heading off down to Dover to start our challenge, which is to swim as a relay to France and then back again.  We are only one of … Continue reading →

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A Sad Day

Posted on September 13, 2014 by lisaswims

Today marks 5 weeks that we have been waiting to go on our swim, many have gone and succeeded and some have gone and failed within this time but they have gone in their assigned slots or have had a … Continue reading →

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A road trip ‘up North’ (whilst we wait)

Posted on September 8, 2014 by lisaswims

We were told last week that we wouldn’t be doing our relay over the weekend so on Friday a group of us descended upon ‘The Lakes’ to complete the length of Coniston – a 5.25 mile swim being organised by … Continue reading →

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