UPDATE: We successfully completed the Channel Swim on Friday 7th September -- in 12 hours 5 mins. Thanks very much for all your support and sponsorship money! For a more detailed account of the swim, please see our blog: http://channnelswimrelay.typepad.com Welcome to the second fundraising page for the doggy paddlers. This page is to raise money for the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital where my father, Anthony Conroy had a successful heart transplant in 1998. Between the 4th and the 10th of September, 5 of us will attempt to swim to France from Shakespeare Beach, Dover to Cap Gris Nez, France. The English Channel is approximately -19 nautical miles (38000 yards) or 35 kilometres (35000 mtrs). The Tides are strong and change direction approximately every 6 hours. The Dover Straits are prone to local weather conditions that can vary considerably from that which is forecast and the weather can change very quickly (15/20 mins). When you combined wind and tide you can have some very sudden changes in sea conditions. There are over 600 commercial ship movements a day in the traffic separation zone, (which is about the middle 9 nautical miles). There are also 80 to 100 ferry crossings between Dover and Calais every 24 hours. Put all these things together, include a large portion of mental tension, note that everything is "approximate" or "about" and you have the worlds hardset swims -- "The Everest of open water swimming". so please dig deep, think of the jellyfish, flotsam and jetsam that we have to navigate through...thanks, daisy x