The Swim...!   You will, I hope, have enjoyed the reports from our Cycling and Running challenges that we have already completed as part of our year of giving. The third event on our list of challenges is ‘The Swim’, but what is ‘The Swim’ I hear you ask? Well quite simply, Barry and I will be attempting to swim the English Channel. Some think we are crazy others simply know it.   Myself, I am nervous. Not nervous because of the daunting 19 miles of jellyfish infested open water, not nervous of the half a million tonnes of shipping passing through on every tide, not nervous of the 15 hours of emersion in waters of lower than 8 Dec C, not nervous of the sickness caused by swallowing sea water or the even of the cramps and pain the body endures for extreme continuous swimming. What I am nervous about is the ‘French Coastguard’. They have, after the past few years of mass attempts to follow in the brave footsteps of David Walliams, lodged a ruling to cease the channel swim.   The TFS have contacted the Cross Channel governing bodies and we eagerly await news. Until that green light, we have thought of perhaps other swims in which to put ourselves through hell in order to persuade you, our fantastic supporters, to continue to part with your money. Firstly, we will simply mimic the channel swim but along the coast, making sure we swim in equal circumstances of distance, tides, temperature and tourture!  Or perhaps we would take on the most famous of fishy devils and swim through Loch Ness, either way you can guarantee, the swim will be our most difficult challenge and definitely worth your full support. Maybe you the reader have an idea of a suitable swimming challenge, maybe you have read of a swim that wowed you, if so why don’t you let us know so we can include that as a back up to our Channel Swim if the French have their way! Please email on info@twofatsubmarines.com