Warrender Souls Swim The English Channel
Wednesday 28th August 2024 - Saturday 28th September 2024
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Warrender Souls Swim The English Channel
We are a group of six swimmers living in Edinburgh who after Open Water Swimming for "fun" in the Forth have decided to take on the iconic England to France Channel crossing. Although a few of us are seasoned pool swimmers some of us have only learnt to swim quite recently .. so this will be a real challenge both physically and mentally. As the crow flies it's about 21 miles or 32 K or 1280 lengths of your local pool and the tides generally make it a bit longer (and some of us don't swim in a straight line!). OK so we're not just doing it for fun .. we are supporting and raising awareness for three great charities. SAMH, Scotland's mental health charity that provides a range of support services for people with mental health issues; Sarcoma UK a national charity that funds vital research, offers support for anyone affected by sarcoma cancer and campaigns for better treatments for Sarcoma; and Cancer Research UK a leading cancer charity that funds scientists, doctors and nurses to help beat cancer sooner, and provides vital cancer information to the public.
If you want to follow our progress here is the tracking link: http://cspf.co.uk/tracking.
WE MADE IT! Blessed with almost perfect conditions (Sunny 26 C, water temp ca.18.5 C) and calm seas we had a great day for the swim . Setting off at 5:23 a.m. with Ewan leading us out and Joanna finishing we made it across in 11h 14 mins. Thank you all for the messages of support and generous donations.
We made it!
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The Team Training at Portobello
Left to right: Joanna Weintritt, Ewan Johnston, Leszek Stelmachowski, Simon Hindshaw, Barbara Kuske and Charlie Parry
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1 weekAnonymous
Well done guys: The Bolton Crew
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H2 weeks, 2 days
Huw and Andrea
Very welldone team! Going strong by looks off the tracker....home straight now!
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I2 weeks, 2 days
Isobel Mitchell
I'm so impressed! Well Done all and watch those jellies!
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J2 weeks, 2 days
Jo Trev
Good luck you will all be amazing. Enjoy the challenge and take lots of photos x
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M2 weeks, 3 days
Malcolm & Jacqui
Good luck to you all - hope the Channel is as flat as the Forth was behind you.
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A3 weeks
Alister Ramm
Good luck Charlie and fellow nutters🔩🥜🌰 I’m praying for good weather and nae Jellyfish 🪼.
you’ll all smash it. 💥💥💥£ 200.00 (+£50.00)
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G4 weeks
Geordie Boy
Good luck all and a great achievement. For a good price you can get many boats back to the UK 🇬🇧 Hood luck and enjoy 🦈😊👍
£ 20.00
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S4 weeks, 1 day
Seb
Best of luck! Hope you have a few Kronenbourgs waiting for you on the other side.
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1 monthAnonymous
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Anonymous
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