After meeting up together and cramming everything into a Ford KA and Peugeot 206 all 5 of us headed down to Kent and away from Reading and all the festivallers. Despite heavy traffic we made it to our destination (just outside Folkstone) in 2.5 hours which included a McDonald's lunch break. If ever we needed to pile on the pounds its would be now!
On arrival we unpacked and then headed down to Dover to meet with our pilot Stuart. After being presented with a cup of tea onboard Sea Leapoard we chatted about the swim and had many of our questions answered. Apparently it is pretty unlikely we will see jellyfish, are mostly likely to be swimming in darkness at some point, and we may encounter some seals! It is unlikely that we will swim over the weekend due to the weather but fingers crossed it will happen early next week!
Back at where we are staying, and after a Tesco trip, we whipped up spaghetti bolognese and then settled down to begin our Midsomer Murder marathon that is going to get us through the next few days!
Training in Dover Harbour in the morning, time to get seriously acclimatised!
Expect plenty of updates over the next few days...
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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