Some very sad news this evening from us all in that we have to announce that Poppy is unable to swim with us in our Channel Swim attempt due to personal circumstances. She will be greatly missed by all of the rest of us and it is very disappointing for her not to be able to swim. A great thanks must be given to Poppy to all her hard work towards the swim, in her fundraising, organisation and training capacities. Her optimistic attitude and endless encouragement will be missed by all the rest of us both while we wait to swim and during the swim itself. A thanks must also be given to Poppy for the goodies she left behind for the rest of us to use including Lucozade and Vaseline! Thank you for everything Poppy and we love you!
In other news today despite the glorious sunshine it was still too windy to swim. We therefore headed down to Dover harbour again and trained for 1.5 hours in much nicer swimming conditions than yesterday! As well as witnessing a ferry turn 180 degrees while swimming in the harbour, we also encountered seal trainee sailors and windsurfers who were only too happy to chat to us when we popped our heads up to make sure that they weren't going to ride over us!
Vaseline has begun to be used and will be for the foreseeable future due to various necks and underarms is occurring - who said that this wouldn't be glamorous!? Furthermore sweets and/ or biscuits are also now a necessity for immediately after training!
After another run to the supermarket and some lunch we have all settled down again for the afternoon and evening feeling excited about the swim and sad about Poppy's departure. It's mixed emotions this evening for us but if we manage to complete the swim it will all be worthwhile.
Until next time...
About Me
- Challenge 5:21
- 5 people : 21 miles We are 5 girls from Reading who are swimming the English Channel in the summer of August 2012 to raise money and awareness for Cancer Research UK. Follow on here our progress in training and organizing our challenge!
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