Hi everyone
As most of you will know I attempted my channel crossing 7th October at 12.30. I was making excellent progress making the English shipping lane in 2h 30 mins and the French shipping lane at 5h 30 mins which is about 6 miles off the French coast.
However, at my 4 hour feed I was violently sick and from there on unable to keep down any energy drinks given to me. From 6h30 into my swim I was unable to battle the tides and was dragged down the coast line never getting any nearer. Up to this point I was on for a sub 10 hour swim which would have been amazing, but not to be.
The decsion was taken to pull me out after 9 hours as it would have been 6 hours before the tide turned and then another 4 hours to reach French soil. I was not in a fit state to last that long in 15c water, and also turning my swim into 20 hours
However I tried to put on weight I only managed 4.5kg in 5 months all of which strangly came off during my 9 hr swim.
Thanks for watching my twitter, hope it provided some entertainment over your collective breakfasts.
I will be doing a relay next year I think and then go for another solo in 2012, and get a slot in August this time, with a bit more training next time.