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A couple of months ago, colleagues from Leicester Neptune
Swimming Club came up with the idea to swim the English Channel to raise money for Aspire. Aspire raise thousands every year for those who have suffered life changing spinal injuries.

In Mid-November we passed our assessment at Aspire with flying colours and learned about all the great work that Aspire carries out and experiences of others who have completed this challenge.  We were also fortunate enough to meet Paula Craig MBE,  who told us how Aspire had helped her and the impact they have had on her life following a tragic accident that left her paralysed from the waist down.  Her story alone has given us all inspiration to train hard and complete this challenge.

This challenge has personal significance for my sister Kate (Also in the team) and I as we are descended from Captain Matthew Webb, the first person to swim the English Channel whose statue stands on the same Dover Coastline we will be setting off from this August, 143 years after our Great Uncle's successful Attempt.

Our team have commenced with a training programme to take us
through the Winter and start our open-water swims in Spring for
acclimatisation.  We will also undertake training sessions in Dover Harbour in May, June and July.  Dependent on tides, our challenge will take place anytime from the 8 August 2019. 

Here are some things we’ll encounter on the challenge:-

• 21 miles of swimming minimum - will swim further due to tides
• Water temperatures between 14 and 18 degrees centigrade
• Stinging Jellyfish
• Swimming round the clock - possibly through the night in complete darkness
• Potential rough seas
• Floating debris, thick seaweed
• Fighting fatigue and hypothermia
• The Channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world with up to 500 tankers, container ships, ferries and fishing vessels passing through the arrow straight every day; it’s the M25 of shipping!

Please help me and the Aspire Neptune team raise money for
this great cause.

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