Finished!

Well folks, it was emotional but we did it. In a little over 2 hours we came in to the beach at Southsea, a little sore, a little tired and more than a little worried about what kinds of gastro-intestinal diseases we had contracted from swallowing too much Solent water. So if you want to know how it went take a look at the below:



So just a quick role call of honour and thanks:

Mark & Will - our 2 safety boat drivers who did a wonderful job of making the whole thing feasible - especially Mark who stepped in at the last minute unbelievably generously and salvaged our chances of success. A materclass in Safety for anybody who happened to be in the Solent that day...

Anna, Ness, Kathy, Mrs. P, Christopher, Ricos, Emma & countless others - our support crew, welcoming committee and providers of the finest bacon & egg sandwiches washed down by Champagne that i have ever had the pleasure of eating

And to the countless others who helped volunteer route information (albeit my aunts & uncles telling me it would take 4 hours rather than 2 on the Friday night wasn't that much appreciate :), safety boat driving and loan and just general support for the effort

And finally to everyone who has givn so generously to our venture. We are at a fantastic £5.5k and are incredibly grateful to everyone - massive thanks.

I promise that will be it on stupid challenges from me for the moment. Got to concentrate on being a dad which i think will be enough of a challenge for the forseeable future...