"Veni,
Natavi, Vicci!" (I came, I swam, I conquered!)
Thank You for taking the time to find this web site.
A race over two lengths may not seem very challenging
but if that race is against some of the most experienced open water
swimmers in the world, in the dark and each length is 10.5 miles long (21
MILE SWIM IN TOTAL) then it becomes more of a challenge.
Add to this the unknown....................a legend
of an Eachy monster that lurks in the lake and a crew that would rather
film a monster sighting for youtube than help the swimmer THEN you have
A MONSTER SWIM!!
THE RACE - THE LEGEND
2007 SWIM - THE ENGLISH
CHANNEL
Lake Windermere swim is the event open water
swimmers gauge themselves by. The Windermere one way swim is
regarded the toughest lake swim in England with a distance of
10.5 miles The "Two Length Windermere" swim is a two way swim of
the lake covering a total distance of 21 miles (34km) in
temperature between 14 and 17c. To ensure it's a competition it
is a race against experiences competitors and if this wasn't
enough it's all done AT NIGHT!
An Eachy is a name given to a species of
lake monster from a variety of locations in northern England and
Scotland. An Eachy is typically a large humanoid being of gruesome and
slimy appearance seen to occasionally emerge from the lake. An Eachy was
reported from Windermere in 1873 and Bassenthwaite Lake as late as 1973
when it was photographed twice.
The name comes from the middle English "iker" which
was a type of sea monster or perhaps the Scottish Gaelic
Each uisge, the water horse.
THE CHARITY - HELP FOR HEROES
2008 SWIM - LAKE ZURICH
Help for Heroes (H4H) is a British charity launched in
September 2007 to help provide better facilities for wounded
British servicemen and women
This is not about politics, there
is no need to criticize or complain, why moan about it being
dark when you can light a candle? . This is about ordinary
decent people wanting to to do their bit to help, to raise money
by joining in and so creating something that has become rather
wonderful.
HOW
TO SPONSOR
For many ways to make your
donation click here .For short cut to just
giving page click here
On the following pages
you'll find out more details about the
WHAT, WHY, WHEN and
WHO of this years challenge.
I hope that following
your look around you'll agree this is something worth supporting and
you'll make a donation and leave some
feedback - Thank You
A race over two lengths may not seem very challenging
but if that race is against some of the most experienced open water
swimmers in the world, in the dark and each length is 10.5 miles long (21
MILE SWIM IN TOTAL) then it becomes more of a challenge.
