My Channel swim is officially over – the fish can relax now. Monday the 22nd of June was the grand finale of the challenge. I hit the target I’d set myself: eleven miles, or halfway across, which I’m counting as “Channel Lite.” I kept going but didn’t quite make it to France – presumably they’d run out of croissants anyway. I clocked up sixteen-and-a-bit miles in total, including about four hundred metres actually in the Channel. I’m pretty chuffed with that, especially considering that this time last year I could barely manage five metres without looking like I was wrestling the water.

This is a link to my page if anyone would like to sponsor me, if you haven’t done so already.

A big thank you to everyone who has supported me, with sponsorship or encouragement. And thank you to my swimming teachers, without whom I would have drowned.