Here’s Ned‘s report from the final leg of the SCAR Swim Challenge, the 10 km night swim in Theodore Roosevelt Lake: I woke early at Apache Lake (ok, not 4:00 am like the previous days) and headed over for breakfast. … Continue reading
Finally, Ned has sent on a few photographs! Here is his report from Day 3 of the SCAR Swim Challenge, the Apache Lake 17 mile swim: I woke in a hotel room with no phone, no web, no fridge, no … Continue reading
Here’s Ned‘s report from Day 2 of the SCAR Swim Challenge in Canyon Lake: All the swimmers and kayakers (and kayaks) were transported upriver to a start location a few hundred metres from the dam (for the next lake up). … Continue reading
No email from Ned today, just a text: Completed swim in just under 3 hours. Canyon Lake is one of the top ten pretty places I have ever seen. No internet coverage… Today is the longest swim, 17 miles in … Continue reading
Here is Part 4 of Ned‘s report from the SCAR Swim Challenge: Up just before 4:00 am, which was frankly about my normal jet lag wake-up time. The house kitchen buzzed with toast slices, berries, porridge and anything else imaginable. Gracie … Continue reading
Here is Ned’s account of his first day of the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona: I headed off to the pool today with Gracie while the others went shopping for water, trackers, video camera mountings and other stuff… Small world – she grew … Continue reading
Ned‘s report from yesterday morning: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 – 6:00 am (local time) The plane trip out has left me with big fat swollen ankles – not a pretty sight. Let’s hope they return to normal because they are … Continue reading
Over the next few days, I will be carrying reports from Ned Denison who is currently taking part in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona. Here is the first installment: It’s Sunday 29 April. I arrived in Phoenix Arizona at … Continue reading
Once again, I’ve been very slow to update the blog – no surprises there! I could try using our recent house move as an excuse, but really it’s just one of those things that can always be done “tomorrow”. Anyway, … Continue reading
Once again, I’m very late in getting this post up – I’d almost forgotten that I even had a blog! Anyway, last weekend I travelled to Northern Ireland for the Irish 10 km Open Water Championship which were being held … Continue reading
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