FINAL UPDATE!! (Probably 😉)

So I am just waiting for the green light to go! Weather is a bit hit and miss but hopefully it will be soon!! 

Can’t thank everyone enough for their amazing support and encouragement! We have smashed the £5k target - I wonder if we’ll hit £10k?!! Exciting!! 

Will keep you posted on the swim and send out the live tracker on the day. 

Thanks so much, Annie x x

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UPDATE!!!

Just under 3 WEEKS to go and I’ve just done my final big training swim of 10 hours!!!!!

Can’t believe the swim is SO close!! And we are SO close to the target 🎯 🙌

Thanks so much for everyone’s generosity and encouragement, it’s amazing! And I’m so grateful! Final push and we can definitely smash the £5k!! ✌️

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ANOTHER UPDATE!

Just over 6 weeks until I SWIM THE CHANNEL!!! And I’m pretty sure time is speeding up the closer it gets😂 

Thanks SO SO much to all who have donated so far! Some of you I know, some of you I don’t, some of you are on the other side of the world and I have been blown away by everyone’s generosity and encouragement! 

Please carry on sharing and donating! Let’s smash the target! 

Thanks so much :) 

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UPDATE:

3 MONTHS TO GO!! The nerves are kicking in now as the Big Swim is fast approaching! 

I’ve not had the average training period for the Channel with the pools being closed during lockdown but feel like I have come out of winter having done as much as I could. Lots of strength and conditioning, lots of rowing to keep my aerobic capacity up and lots of little dips in the sea. 

Now the long sea swims begin! 

We’ve made some fun promo videos for primary and secondary schools and posters to go up around the hospital and in the local area. 

Please like, please share and please give generously! Together we can do so much! 

Thank you :) 

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Yes, I could take a ferry - I have been told that many times! - but I love swimming and I love an adventure so instead I am swimming to France!

I hope to inspire people and raise a whole lot of money for the lovely Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital along the way.

I have been a children's nurse for 13 years and worked at the Royal Alex since it opened in 2007. I LOVE it! And I still feel so privileged to be able to care for the children and their families who need to come into hospital.

Follow my training progress at https://channelswimmingmum.net/ or on Instagram @channelswimmingmum.

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