<p><strong>Alex's Extreme Swim - Successfully&nbsp;Completed!&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>On Saturday 29 January - 7 years to the day since daughter Sophie had a&nbsp;life-saving heart operation at BCH&nbsp;- Alex Linley completed a 200m swim across Llyn Llydaw on Snowdon. With 90% of the lake frozen overnight by temperatures of -10C, this extreme challenge became even more extreme.</p> <p>Alex completed a 200m swim in water of between 0C and 1C, across the only bay that was not totally frozen by ice of at least 3cm thick - and even then we had to break the ice to find a suitable entry and exit point - as the pictures show!</p> <p>Alex completed this truly extreme swim as part of Capp's&nbsp;pledge to raise &pound;20,000&nbsp;for the&nbsp;<a title="Children's Heart Appeal" href="http://www.bch.org.uk/appeal.php" target="_blank">Children's Heart Appeal</a> at Birmingham Children's Hospital as our way of saying thank you.</p> <p>Please show your support by making your own donation.</p> <p><strong>Thank you </strong>- your donation will make a difference.<br /><br /></p>