The swimmers met at Dover Marina in the sunshine, the sea promising to be the warmest so far this year. This was to be a practice swim, charter shared between Ali Hornby, who is swimming solo this July & Nicky Graham who is training for an attempt next July. Both have been out on trips before with Sea Leopard in preparation for a relay swim on the first tide of the Channel Swimming season which begins in the last week of June.
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| Nicky Graham & Ali Hornby |
Nicky swam first, the sea reasonably calm with some clouds hiding the full strength of the sun.
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| Nicky decends the ladder into the Channel, the beach at Samphire Hoe in the background |
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| Nicky Graham swimming offshore - Folkestone Harbour Arm in the background. |
Ali took a turn next. Both Ali & Nicky have swam outside through the winter as part of their preparation for the Channel.
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| Ali Hornby |
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| Nicky Graham warms up as Stuart Gleeson watches Ali |
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| Nicky Graham |
Whilst swimming, concern was raised for an empty kayak that had been spotted from the shore. Sea Leopard assisted Dover Lifeboat in locating the craft - and the person who had been paddling it was successfully rescued by the RNLI.
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| Dover Lifeboat |
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