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  • A bimble down the Wye...
  • Warm patches, cold patches, some maxim and half a banana…
  • Wild swimming: caught between a rock and a hard place
  • Reinventing the wheel
  • Acclimatisation: how cold is too cold?
  • (Headwind + Lack of training + Bad attitude) x Cold water = DNF
  • "He swam for Love, as I for Glory"
  • Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascals swam...
  • Welcome to the largest swimming pool in the world
  • Holiday Romance

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  • 2005 swims in the run up to the Channel
  • 2006 Channel attempt
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Books Typelist

  • Alfred Lansing: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

    Alfred Lansing: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

  • Conrad A. Wennerberg: Wind, Waves, and Sunburn: A Brief History of Marathon Swimming

    Conrad A. Wennerberg: Wind, Waves, and Sunburn: A Brief History of Marathon Swimming

  • Frances Ashcroft: Life at the Extremes

    Frances Ashcroft: Life at the Extremes

  • Gavin Mortimer: The Great Swim

    Gavin Mortimer: The Great Swim

  • Kathy Watson: Crossing: The Extraordinary Story of the First Man to Swim the English Channel

    Kathy Watson: Crossing: The Extraordinary Story of the First Man to Swim the English Channel

  • Lynne Cox: Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer

    Lynne Cox: Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer

  • Roger Deakin: Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain

    Roger Deakin: Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain

  • Tim Krabbe: The Rider

    Tim Krabbe: The Rider