Giles's Swim for Charity
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I'm thinking of doing either that or a longer crossing, Just discussing with one of my swim buddies whether we can swim right through the winter…
To tell the truth, I was a little humbled last night. Our local sports shop has a "Sporting Hero of the Month" award. Anna Wardley, (she who swam around the Isle of Wight non-stop - 60ish miles) last year and really was my inspiration to actually try and swim, nominated me....
Anna Wardley Can I nominate our 21 cross Solent swimmers who swam from Stokes Bay to Ryde today? Or if I have to go for just one I nominate Giles Padmore from GosVegas who started from scratch to train for the SolentSwimChallenge. He taught himself front crawl at Gosport Leisure Centre a few months ago when he was struggling to do 12 lengths, supported lots of the other swimmers as they trained for the event, had a great swim today and has raised over £5,500 for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust in the process. Just one of the amazing 21 who made it across to Ryde this afternoon.
OK, it's only a local Gozza shop, but never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined my name would have been associated with sporting let alone hero…
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That's fantastic G, well done.
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Congrats G, to the swim and the Nomination. Kudos to you!
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What a difference a day makes. @Madame Buttonfly and I just popped down to where it all started yesterday….
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That's so bloody embarrassing - I thought he was taking photos - didn't realise I was about to feature in video!
Unbelievable the difference in the weather from yesterday, we were so lucky that the organisers had an accurate forecaster and the swim was able to go ahead…
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brilliant, congratulations.
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Alice was one of the swimmers.
Here are a couple of excerpts from her FB post which made us giggle…
_Yesterday I swam across the Solent…In a bikini! There were tears, big smiles, big ships, blue skies, darker skies, a mid swim janet jackson super bowl wardrobe malfunction and I even got a certificate!
..............Thank you Matthew Pryor, my kayaker extraordinaire, who got my back 100% throughout the swim, kept me swimming in the right direction (not as simple as it sounds...) and calmly fixed my bikini in the middle of the Solent - wicked._
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Well deserved nomination Giles. I know we all have enjoyed the journey and your posts. It doesn't surprise me at all that there was an impact in the real world.
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Woah, I can't even imagine swimming in water cold enough for that level of gear.
