Steven P 1:03 Fri Jul 13
Anyone here ever swam the channel?
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Thinking of doing it next year for a local hospice that i do a bit of work for.
Allways been something i wanted to do and nice to have an aim in life.
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Westham67
1:04 Fri Jul 13
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Not lately P no
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gph
1:07 Fri Jul 13
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I got a Bronze Award swimming thingy, which I like to think is pretty close.
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MonkeyVulgaris
1:16 Fri Jul 13
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A few times, best to do it when it's calm and warm
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Cheezey Bell-End
1:18 Fri Jul 13
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Had a swim at Margate as a kid.
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Fivetide
1:19 Fri Jul 13
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I want to see the Venn diagram of WHO posters and cross-channel swimmers!
Fewer than 2,000 individuals have done the whole crossing.
Loads more have done it in groups, you know doing a mile each or whatever, but that's not swimming the channel.
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tanman
1:22 Fri Jul 13
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No, but I did work with someone last year whose husband was doing it. He started training before the actual event a whole year before. Not sure what the logistics are on it either - how do you make sure you don't get run over by a Ferry or a Speedboat etc? It might be easier to run the London Marathon or something - at least you can just turn up to that with the admin already taken care of!
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Steven P
1:22 Fri Jul 13
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Alot of training involved TIDE son!
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Fivetide
1:25 Fri Jul 13
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Damn right. If you actually commit to swimming all the way across the channel yourself, that is very, very impressive indeed, and puts you in an exceptional group of athletes. That's a majpor endeavour.
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joe royal
1:27 Fri Jul 13
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Didn’t some TV bloke swim it a few years ago?
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goose
1:29 Fri Jul 13
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Swiss did it with SADE on his back.
twice.
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Steven P
1:34 Fri Jul 13
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Joe - David Walliams? Williams? Done it in about 10 hours if i remember correctly.
There a 48 year old swimming from Lands End to Dover at the moment! 350 miles i think?
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goose
1:39 Fri Jul 13
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this chap is simply the greatest athlete alive and hardly anyone has heard of him
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Strel
http://www.menshealth.co.uk/living/men/could-you-swim-the-amazon-346659#image-2
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lab
1:40 Fri Jul 13
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I tried it , got half way across and decided I wasn't gonna make it, so I swam back.
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Hammer and Pickle
1:49 Fri Jul 13
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I’ve been to Clacton by mistake.
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1:52 Fri Jul 13
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You must have turned left at Dover instead of going straight on.
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jimbo2.
1:53 Fri Jul 13
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Good luck mate, it will be tough!
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Hammer and Pickle
1:54 Fri Jul 13
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Actually, I caught the train out of Liverpool St.
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Westham67
1:56 Fri Jul 13
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goose 1:39 Fri Jul 13
A good decision always know your own limits
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Northern Sold
1:57 Fri Jul 13
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Couple of good MATES (Twins) of mine are doing the swim to the Isle of Wight (along with one of their daughters) for charity in August... sod that never alone the channel
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Fivetide
2:00 Fri Jul 13
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Best thing Walliams has ever done.
But he trained until he looked like a beast, and had a psychologist etc... to accomplish it.
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