6th June 2010 – After a nice relaxing weekend in the sun what more could you want on a Sunday morning than a mile swim across open waters with 269 other people.
Nope, not what I had in mind either but a few weeks previous I had signed up to compete in RNLI’s annual Castle to Castle swim. Starting at 12:30 at Pendennis Castle in Falmouth, swimmers were then sent off by none other than East-End hard man Phil Mitchell and the lovely (and still remarkably attractive for her age) Sharon Davies.
A mass parade of RNLI’s life boats, vessels, jet skis and long boards accompanied us swimmers the full distance. Although by the time I was two thirds over the tide turned and I anticipate I had covered an extra half mile as a result. Keen not to give up I pressed on, and finally made it to the other side and was awarded a nice shiny medal as a result!
Three amusing things about the swim:
1. When everyone set off it was like the scene from Titanic
2. Hearing people get picked off behind me, especially this one woman who was screaming with cramp pains – just what you wanna hear!
3. My housemates face when Sharon presented him with a medal!
