The first part of the Channel cross challenge, it would seem, is handling the waiting ...
Our Channel relay was scheduled to start at midnight on Saturday 26th Sep 2010 - but looks like the weather is too crap for there to be the remotest chance of that happening. I am therefore irrationally annoyed by the team who blogged recently that it was 'like a millpond' and 'the best 18 hours of our lives', blah-bleedin'-blah ...
Rationalising that there's clearly no anecdote in a otter-like slither across La Manche - so obviously hoping for something a little more wild and wince-inducing (sorry team ...).
An 18 hours' duration is something I hadn't factored into my expectation equation though. Santa Maria, how many 'Quells' do you need for that length of time ... ? On the upside, however, an 18 hour crossing means we get to swim three times each !
So now, we just sit, and wait and wait for the call. No butterflies at the moment but suspect it will be a different story on Sunday. Have decided to avoid the usual Limoncello panacea, for the sake of all on the boat ...
And finally, no. There is no goose fat involved. Or, in fact, lard.
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