I caught the swimming bug 4 years ago now. The few years leading up to this had been tough, for various reasons, and my health and fitness had taken a back step. With life finally calming down, I decided I needed to take back the reigns, and over a glass of vino or 3 with the family, I blu...

My goal is to become the first British person to complete the ultimate extreme Ice Swimming Challenge of the ICE 7 and raise money for the Samaritans in memory of my beloved son Dan. The ICE 7 comprises of swimming a series of 7 Ice Miles in each of the 7 continents of the world (with some slight...

I’m sure we’ve all asked ourselves at some point why we are braving the weather, pushing beyond our comfort zone or embarking on something that most people wouldn’t even consider. This might be a first marathon swim, swimming the Channel, or in my case, cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats. W...

After swimming the English Channel with my sister, Hayley, in 2017 I have decided to go solo and swim the length of Loch Ness in August 2020.  This is completely out of my comfort zone for lots of reasons, not least the fact that all the ‘big’ swims that I have completed have been done with my si...

“Be naive enough to start something and stubborn enough to see it through” – a quote by the inspirational Ross Edgely that is quickly defining my charity challenge. In the summer of 2019, as an Isle of Wight native who had barely swum 20 lengths of a pool in the last 5 years combined, I set myse...

I laugh so much when I say, ‘My Journey to Swim the Scilly Isles.’ It always sounds so serious and no fun at all, when actually Open Water Swimming is the thing I have had the most fun with ever. Why do I love it so much? Well, basically everything, whether it's being quiet and peaceful in a body...