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40 year old woman living in London generally found in water.
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The time has come…
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
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)
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
Any news?
This seems to be the most popular phrase that friends, family, work colleagues and work clients greet me with these days. Our slot was 9th-16th August and as I write this it is now 26th August, we have been waiting quite … Continue reading
And the waiting continues
And we wait some more. Our slot is due to close on the 16th and our pilot has told us that it is highly unlikely that we will be going before then. So what does this mean? It doesn’t mean … Continue reading
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Whilst we wait…
So what we are doing whilst we wait? Last night Parviz, Brian and I (as well as other friends Amanda, Katie, Kate and Montserrat) headed off to Henley to swim in the Henley Swim – Club to Pub swim. A … Continue reading
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The Bionic Boy
Check out this video of Patrick aka the Bionic Boy (click on the following link – The Bionic Boy) who will be joining us on the boat for our swim, it really is impressive. Patrick contracted meningitis when he was just 9 … Continue reading
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It is a waiting game
As I write this blog I receive an email to say that we won’t be going tomorrow. With the end of Bertha heading our way the weekend is a no go for us. Because we are doing a two way … Continue reading
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Croatia can do the world of good for ones soul
Having had a rubbish month with shoulder injuries getting me down Tom and I headed off to Croatia to enjoy a week up in Lake Plitvice National Park and in Bol, Brac (one of the Island’s off the coast near … Continue reading
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Tagged Bol, Brac, Croatia, Plitvice Lakes National Park, swimming, Zlatni Rat
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A tough July
It has been a while since I posted on here so with just a week to go till our two way relay I thought I better get on and update you all. July was a tough month for me as … Continue reading
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My Swimming Tales 