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On 16th September I'll be swimming two miles as part of the Swim Serpentine open water festival in London's Hyde Park (www.swimserpentine.co.uk). I'm raising money for Different Strokes, a charity which supports young people who have suffered from a stroke. I've seen first hand the great work that this charity does through the support it has offered my sister-in-law who had a stroke when she was 45.

Training for the swim is going well in spite of a (freak, swimming induced) broken foot earlier this year. I'm bracing myself for cool temps and lots of duck poo.

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