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It was a real pleasure to be back at swimmers beach in Dover
after a 5 year break..
Charlie & Basher did a 7
hrs round trip drive from the midlands , just to swim 3 ½ hrs in 12 degree
water Around Dover Harbor .!!!
Sounds Crazy ..until you see 100`s of other swimmers who had made the same trip...
Welcome to the world of English Channel Swimming
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| All smile charlie & Basher.. well over 3 1/2 hrs done in 12 degree water.. great effort for the 1st time in the sea in 12 months |
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| we bumped into the Great Philip Yorke before he set off for a 6 hr swim Phil is one of a very few swimmers to have swam the channel Breaststroke which he did in 2015..next for Phil is helping & advising The Aspire Channel teams in 2016 before attempting the Catalina Solo next yr. |
Ricks Report after 1st swim ..
click video above to see and hear
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| Irene & Eric part of the Dover channel team |
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| Glastonbury Dover style |
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| aspire channel team from Windsor |
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| young Charlie.. 1ST visit to swimmer beach .. 1st of many for the young man in yrs to come..solo in the future for sure |
Want to see how popular English channel swimming
has become .?
click video above ..
its 11am Saturday morning and 100`s have traveled from all over England
to train for solo or Channel relay swim in 2016
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| some of the many Aspire Channel swimmers at the beach today .. |
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| Film Crews were out and about this morning . |
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| Charlie all smiles after someone asked him if he was cold after 3hrs of swimming ,. not with a dryrobe on i,m not |
Ricks Report after 2nd swim at swimmers beach.
click video to see and hear all about today
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| Ricks Captain Basher.. almost 4hrs done.. we he ever have a pop at EC solo .?? |
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| Dover Channel Training Croc Police.;-)
I was great meeting so many amazing swimmers wanting to swim
the English Channel... today.
All with a different story , different reason for wanting to
swim to france..
It was really great to see soo many in the harbour today
must have been well over 100 people in the water at 9am..amazing
cheers to Emma and all in the Dover training team for making
us feel welcome ..
see you next weekend for some more training
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In 41 Days
Big Ricks are Swimming the English Channel
to France and back.!
in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
if you wish to help and support the Ricks team and Macmillan
please click the link below..thank you https://www.justgiving.com/teams/bigricks
to France and back.!
in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
if you wish to help and support the Ricks team and Macmillan
please click the link below..thank you https://www.justgiving.com/teams/bigricks
