I made it to the Isle of Wight on my swim and thanks to everyone who donated raised £1200 for Samaritans.
Despite strong winds at the weekend it turned out to be a lovely morning for the swim yesterday.
It was colder than I expected. I was one of the few swimmers not wearing a wetsuit but hot tea at the finish and the rising sun soon warmed me up.
Having trained to do crawl I ended up swimming breaststroke most of the way as I wanted to take in the view, so I have a whole new set of muscles hurting today!
Here’s how it looked on the way back in the boat:
