I finished a fairly gruelling but surprisingly achievable 6 hour swim on Saturday in Dover Harbour. First three hours were fairly cold as Dover seemed to be the only place in the entire country that was covered in cloud and therefore not benefitting from the 'hottest weekend of the year so far'.
The last three hours were done under a complete blue sky though which is amazingly good for the morale as well as marginally helpful in warming the sea up. Unfortunately the sea decided to roughen up just as the sun made an appearance with a good 1-2ft chop on the surface. This made for some interesting swimming and my first bout of seasickness whilst swimming. Needless to say a number of other swimmers decided to take a wide berth !!
Felt OK at the end and was quite comfortable driving home other than a bit of shoulder pain caused by my lopsided stroke that comes out when I get tired. 10 hour boat swim is all booked for the 19th July. Need to get my shoulder fixed by a physio before then !
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