2012 English Channel Swim

7 - 14 September 2012



After having cycled through Africa, completed 5 Ironman Triathlons, run the Comrades Ultra Marathon, Climbed Kili ... I have decided to take on a slightly tougher option ...



... 34km of cold, open water swimming ... leaving the coast of the eternal "wanna-be" soccer nation, over to the "frogs" on the other side ...





Thursday 22 February 2007

No luck with the internet

coke break with the locals

hi all again ... i'm really trying to post lotsa nice pictures ... but these cafe's are really no good ... so you gonna have to wait in suspense for a little while longer.

I had a good afternoon going thru a tint section of the market this afternoon ... brilliant!! Really big and quite busy and crazy. They make the best fruit juices out here ... thick and full of pulp! We were also treated to ice cream ... you cannot believe how much I have longed for some ice cream - good or bad ... and today was bloody good! A very european ice cream bar/restaurant. Later I went for a hair cut and barber ... looking clean and well kept again.

It is real weird planning these off days ... todays I did some interesting stuff around town ... but therefore neglected my bike duties and sorting out admin, etc. Other rest days one concentrates on admin and sortiung out one's life ... but then fails to see much around town.

In five days we will be at a site in Yabelo ... where there is near to nothing to do ... so I can catch up on all admin and cleaning ... but no internet.

We will unfortunately not have any internet availability for roughly three weeks ... sorry guys, don't miss me too much!!

We have a hectic three weeks ahead of us on the way to Nairobi ... seven days of tar roads, but hell with kids and mountains while still in Ethiopia. Once we enter Northern Kenya ... aagghh ... the worst roads of the whole trip, mountains, heat, humidity, desert ... not called Meltdown Madness only for the heat - but also for our mental state ...!!
So for now ... all the best and sorry there are not more pictures.
Lotsa love ... Patrick