Monday, 8 July 2013

Counting the Days....

In 6 days time we get to attempt 
  The English Channel for the third time....!!
We`ve won one...2011
We`ve lost one...2012

This is the decider...2013
How Many Moments in your Life do you remember forever...?
The Loyalty you feel to your team mates., the shared the Apprehension and Nerves,
 the self doubt, are we good enough ?
All that we have sacrificed over the last 4 
years has brought us to this moment..
.it will be One of the biggest moments in ours lives
The English Channel...2013...

In 6 days time......!



We are Attempting
 a 2 way swim of the English Channel
to help raise much needed funds for 

 we hope you think we are deserving of your support
not only in our quest to swim the 60 miles to France and back .!, 
but more importantly we hope we more deserving of your support in
 our quest to help Breakthrough Breast Cancer with their amazing work to save lives .
http://www.justgiving.com/pipschannelswimteam 
(this is Pip,s Channel Justgiving charity page link,either clink or copy and paste to go to our page )


Its Now only 6 days until our Epic Challenge 
Pip`s channel swim window 
 is from the 15th July to the 19th July 2013.. 
we can start any day at any time 
as soon as the weather forecast looks set good for 24 hrs we will go...
if you should wish to keep in touch  and follow our progress
 When we do  get underway, well  there are a few options ....
This are ships GPS tracker links...our Boat is called Masterpiece..
(Channel Swimming Association Link to Masterpiece)

(ShipAIS tracker link, you will again find Masterpiece and all ships that are in the channel )

also when we can will be updating on our Twitter and facebook team page..
 @bigrickswimteam
 http://www.facebook.com/big.ricks.swim.team 


some good news..!! 
Going on the 10 day forecast of the BBC...
we may be lucky next week and have some good weather to swim in..!
Yippee..
only down side to hot weather, is the Jelly Fish
which rise to the surface when the sun shines..
oh goody..all open water swimmer love Jellies.;-))