John and JJ left Baltimore in the early hours of friday morning and travelled on the ferry to Wales. There they picked up the other team member, Robbie, and drove to Dover to camp down for the remainder of the week. There was a great sense of tension and excitement( as well as a bit of tiredness as the three men were up at the crack of dawn to get here!). with John doing the driving, i'm sure they made it in quick time!
During the journey John received sereral texts and calls from people wishing him well, including Red FM, County Sound(103FM) and Seascapes on Radio one. Each station interviewed him and gave John great confidence to continue his journey. We are hoping that as he is now a minor celebrity, his ego won't get the better of him (I wonder is he secretly practicing his autograph yet or has he started his biography???)
After a good nights sleep( and a few beers for the boys- not John though, he'll have to wait til France!!), the three men went on the ferry to France for a quick reccy of the journey involved. The weather was good and John is still happy to continue his madness. they met with the Skipper of the boat that will support John on the swim. The Skipper advised that it would be better to leave for France on Wednesday morning 5th September, based on the weather conditions. The skipper reckons that John will complete the swim in 12 hours, John told him that he is hoping for 16 hours so they agreed that they'll split the difference and get there in 14!!
During the journey John received sereral texts and calls from people wishing him well, including Red FM, County Sound(103FM) and Seascapes on Radio one. Each station interviewed him and gave John great confidence to continue his journey. We are hoping that as he is now a minor celebrity, his ego won't get the better of him (I wonder is he secretly practicing his autograph yet or has he started his biography???)
After a good nights sleep( and a few beers for the boys- not John though, he'll have to wait til France!!), the three men went on the ferry to France for a quick reccy of the journey involved. The weather was good and John is still happy to continue his madness. they met with the Skipper of the boat that will support John on the swim. The Skipper advised that it would be better to leave for France on Wednesday morning 5th September, based on the weather conditions. The skipper reckons that John will complete the swim in 12 hours, John told him that he is hoping for 16 hours so they agreed that they'll split the difference and get there in 14!!
5 comments:
Wishing you the best of luck, John, from Nuala & Tony Connolly and family
Go on ye good ting !. Just think - no more cold dawn swims.
Best of luck John,
Kevin C
See from your blog that you're aiming for next Wednesday. Best of luck, John.
Padraig D
hey John,
Best of luck on your swim. Text us in the sandy place and let us know how you get on.
Have you thought about taking the hovercraft next time?!
James and Ros x
That was from Ros!
James
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