<p>Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page :-) !</p> <p>I HAVE FINALLY COMPLETED MY MARATHON SWIM!! 27 hours ... 1416 lengths ... 22 miles ...35.4 km. &nbsp;I actually swam the entire distance of the English Channel!! In 9.5 weeks. &nbsp;(I can hardly believe it!)</p> <p>I can't pretend it's been 'fun' ... it's been a long, hard, lonely slog - getting up at 05:57, slipping into the 'Earlybirds' (lengths) session, before dawn &amp; ploughing my lonely way up and down. (The 'online' support from fellow swimmers though, has been great!)</p> <p>I was such a 'wuss' previously - trying to recover from my frozen shoulder, scared to put my nose under the water, terrified when the testosterone-fuelled guys in the next lane did butterfly and almost swamped me!</p> <p>But I did it!! And I'm even - now - so much more confident in the water (the best escape from the 'Butterfly Guys' is to be underwater BEFORE they flood you :-) !!) &nbsp; I am so very thrilled and would SO welcome YOUR donation, however big or small!</p> <p>'Aspire' is a wonderful charity, helping people who suffer spinal cord injury to live independent and fulfilled lives. &nbsp;I've tried hard to 'do my bit'!</p> <p>And for those of you who have already contributed: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU :-) !!</p>