My Official Thanks for Your Support
“It’s heart-breaking to get that far and not achieve your
goal and I’ve had to learn very quickly how to lose! That will teach me for not
being a quicker swimmer! I want to thank everyone for all their support,
we raised just over £70,000. Now it’s onto the Munros and the Sahara, perhaps
with time to relook at this one again? Remember you’re never too old to set
another goal or to dream a new dream.” Peter Green
My Swim
On 4 September 2013 I entered the water just after 7am to begin my challenge to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel. Known as the 'Everest of swimming' it is one of the most iconic swims to tackle in the world.
After three years of hard training which included swimming 10 hours in the sea every weekend, at least twice more per week in a pool, sprint training and stroke technique, my time had come.
I swam for 20hours 13minutes and travelled 43 miles. Missing the tide at Cap Gris Nez, took me 12 miles past my finish and, devastated, I called an end to my swim at the entrance of Calais harbour just after 3am on 5 September.
Although, I didn’t achieve my goal this time around, I am beginning to think about the next challenge on my list and I have rebooked to swim the Channel at the end of the first part of my bucket list in 2017.
For those of you that have pledged and yet to make your donation please visit the donation link on this blog, in the meantime please help me achieve my goal by sharing my links
Thank you everyone, thank you
Peter
