For those of you that know me well, you know the significance of this charity so it's worth the pain, fear and feelings of achievement I've had in the past doing my various events.  Having seen off a 10k run, an abseil off the Forth Rail Bridge and then last year's triathlon, it was time to get in the water. 

Well, I've done it.  I completed the swim on Saturday and swam the mile in 31 mins 29 seconds so I'm dead chuffed having never done an open water swim before.  Apart from the elbows in the face, the kicking and near drowning (and that was just me doing it to the others!) it was a fantastic experience.

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