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At the beginning of September I will be swimming the English Channel to raise money for Richard House, a hospice for children with life limiting illnesses.

Many of you will know that I have never been remotely sporty in my life, and this swim will be a massive personal challenge for me. In fact, it is already quite a challenge trying to get into a training regime and push through my programme each morning before I start work.

I will be swimming as part of a team and we'll swim for an hour each for as long as it takes to get to France from Dover. We think it'll take about 20 hours and we know that about a third of teams don't make it. So it's going to be pretty tough.

We've got a website at  http://swimteam2008.blogspot.com so take a look at our blogs, pics and stories of swimming in some pretty chilly places. You'll definitely see that I deserve a donation and Richard House will use the cash for the best possible cause.