I swam from Penarth to Clevedon on 5 September in 6 hours and 7 minutes, my second channel swim in the UK. Motivation I felt so bad in my English Channel swim. It was well beyond my ability at that time. I didn’t think of anything else and was hoping to get better in competitive swimming first, as good channel swimmers are all high level competitive swimmers. However, I started getting jealous seeing my friends swim more channels, like Wen…
I participated in the Dock2Dock event the 3rd consecutive year, which is the 10th anniversary of the event. There was a 20 km event on this year, which was the first time this ultra-marathon distance was available. This year I decided to do the 10 km because I felt it was too much for me last year, and hoped that I could get a better result. Apart from me, I also got a few friends doing it as well: Ingrid…
In London, although National Rail and London Underground are separate transport networks, it is possible to buy a ticket for travel for single or return journeys on the other network, including tickets for journeys involving both networks. If your journey starts at a National Rail station outside the London fare zones 1-6 and ends at an Underground station (or vice versa), it is usually (but not always) cheaper to buy a ticket for the National Rail portion and use Oyster…