One of the things about swimming the English Channel is that it’s cold. From everything I can gather, not unbearably, Lynne Cox “Swimming to Antarctica” cold, but cold enough that […]

It’s part inspiration– which I’m sure I’ll need during the swim– and part play on words. As the story goes, in the War of 1812, a naval battle took place off the coast […]

It was really about New Year’s Day 2015 when I started to think seriously about swimming the Channel. I’m not sure why the idea planted itself in my head– or […]