Author: Sophie

Part three After training as much as we could, being as ‘selfish’ as we could (if you read the previous blog you’ll know what I mean…) and after simply running out of time, the big day arrived. Monday 12th September.

Part two So, this is the bit about the training. Trying to prepare to swim around 70km by practicing in a gravel pit a little over 250 meters long. Yes, 272 lengths is like actually swimming the real Lake Geneva.

Part one It’s been three weeks since the swim, and I know that neither Maddie nor I have felt the urge to get in water any deeper than the bath since. But it’s a part of our lives that already