T + 1: stand down

Sadly, having catnapped in the afternoon, remade my fish paste sandwiches, and detoured round Operation Lockdown, I arrived with the others at Dover Marina at 1.30am to learn that our swim had been cancelled. Cancelled due to dangerous weather. Our boat pilot, Reg, just didn’t want to risk our lives. And the Channel weather looks as though it’s not going to get any better for the next 10 days.

So, just like the Rosemead ladies who rowed across the Channel two years ago, our weather window has gone, and our swim has to be rescheduled for later in the year.

It’s hugely disappointing. Thank you to all of you who have sponsored us. We will do the swim, but at this moment I’m not sure whether it will be August or September. And I just don’t know if we’ll be able to coordinate as a six again.

And, of course, it means we’ll have to keep swim fit … so yet more Dover harbour and Lido swimming.

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