Practice...

                                       Getting ready to swim in Lake Windemere August 2011

2 miles and still going strong!

 


North Sea - August 2011

Fun in the North Sea with my wonderful friend Karen (who started all this!)
We did get around to some proper swimming.

Swimming The Solent

'SWIM BESTIVAL' - Gosport to Ryde, Isle of Wight

September 2011

Swim Bestival - 11 of us swam from Gosport to the Isle of Wight
Force 6 gale and 2 m waves led to the swim being 10k
(I'm the one without the wet suit, not the big guy obviously!)

Getting ready to go on stage with the gang






On stage at Bestival in front of 30,000 people getting my medal

I won't let fame spoil me ............

Hi everyone!

In July 2012, Lindsey's Channel Swim campaign will hope to raise funds for two charities:

HYT (Haileybury Youth Trust) www.haileyburyyouthtrust.com

and

Aschiana (help for street children in Kabul)  http://www.friendsofaschiana.org.uk/

The Channel crossing is approximately 21 miles in a straight line, but often swimmers are dragged by tides which in the past have extended swims to 30 miles.

The expected water temperature of the sea in July is 15 degrees centigrade.

The Channel Swimming Association rules are that a swimmer must enter the water from the English shoreline wearing only a single thickness standard swimming costume, hat, goggles and grease!  The swimmer must not be in any physical contact with any person or object during the swim and must walk (or crawl) onto the shoreline in France for the swim to be verified.