It seems every few months WordPress hiccups on the publishing and a post gets screwed up on publishing. This is the second post of this, apologies as usual to those receiving this twice. This is the last post in the series, and is a mish-mash of random Dover and environs information that may be useful…
This is the last post in the series, and is a mish-mash of random Dover and environs information that may be useful for travelling swimmers. Pilot boats and Dover Marina and Parking Many of the pilot boats are kept in the Dover Harbour but equally others are berthed in Dover and move to Dover for…
Like my previous guide to swimming in Sandycove, there are people who live in Dover and swim there (far) more regularly than I. But also like that post, in the absence of any of the people from either place writing about the respective locations, my articles will hopefully suffice and provide some useful information for…
Continuing the series I started with the Swimming Locations of 2012, followed by Swimming 2012 Continuing the Pictorial Tour, this is the second post of “runners-up” for my favourite photos of the year. And a rename of the series, people seem to be enjoying, very gratifying for my moderate skills. There will be two more,…
The Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation, one for the only two ratifying organisations for English Channel swimming launches its new website later today, at 6pm GMT (11 am EST, 2 am AUS). (If you follow the link before then, you won’t get the new website). CS&PF President Nick Adams, himself a multiple Channel soloist, two-way Solo…
There is a shared heritage of our international tribe and this is the man who started it all in 1875. In Dover this statue stands on the prom in front of the ugly flats, facing the sea, about 200 metes beyond Swimmer’s Beach towards the ferry port. Marathon swimming is a heritage and history of triumph…
Senses sharp. Sub-surface there’s a susurus of sliding shingle. Smooth stones slip and shift and spill while a southerly soughs softly. The sun shines, and ships slip in and out, sailing to and from the Separation Zone, spiral smoke from stacks screws skywards. Seagulls skim and swoop. Solitary sandals on the steep shore of Swimmer’s…
You don’t have to be planning a swim to get used to watching the Dover weather. Maybe you have friends over there. Maybe you’re thinking about the distance future. Maybe you’re just a Channel junkie. First there’s the Shipping Forecast for the immediate future. Of course, you’ll also want to understand it.This what the pilots use.…
It was…interesting, often in the Chinese way. Highs and lows, as always with Dover. More friends old and new (Marcel Degreef, Jane Murphy, the Israeli relay team, Caroline Chisholm, Paul Massey, Howard K., Bobo). Success and failure. I’ve become increasingly convinced that a soap drama set with Varne would entertain the swimmers of the world.…
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