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£1,930
raised of £2,250 target by 51 supporters

    Weʼve raised £1,930 to distribute among a range of charities associated with the death of my husband, by doing a winter swim challenge 🥶

    Funded on Monday, 6th March 2023

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    My husband Paddy died in July having been diagnosed in April with Pancreatic Cancer. For a few years, Paddy had done the Christmas Day morning swim at Newcastle Harbour...but that once a year dip was it on the cold water front, until August 2021 when he began dipping regularly and even sought out swim locations on Staycations in Ireland. When he saw me do the Polar Bear Gold swim challenge November 2021 to March 2022, and himself had come to love regular cold swims rather than dips by February 2022, he decided that he was going to enter Polar Bear Gold swim challenge from November 2022 to March 2023. Little did we know that only a few weeks after he decided he would do the challenge, he would suddenly become ill and get a swift, shock diagnosis. Not even living until winter, never mind doing a winter challenge. I wasn't going to do Polar Bear Gold again this year, simply because I'd already got the tshirt (or swim cap in this case) but a few weeks after Paddy died, around endAugust, I decided I would do it again this year ...for Paddy because he isn't here to do it...and because the sea was important during his short, shock illness. Paddy continued to cold water swim after diagnosis until 2 weeks before he died. Those couple of months of swims were the only pain relief he got from his symptoms. And the sea, important to him in his childhood years, were unequivocally important to him in his final years. Just 6 days before he died, when nobody else would have been getting out of bed, he asked "would you drive me to be at the sea for my last time?". Polar Bear Gold 2022/23 let's be having you 💪❤️🥶

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    • andrea harrower1 year ago
      andrea harrower

      andrea harrower

      1 year ago

      Finishing the 5 month challenge this month, snowy and baltic March. Only about 500m.left to do in the month....so all on course to complete the challenge. Paddy would have loved it. Thanks so much for all your donations. And messages of support....challenge related and otherwise 💪💜

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    • andrea harrower1 year ago
      andrea harrower

      andrea harrower

      1 year ago

      3 months down, 2 months to go🥶 unfortunately the coldest 2 months of the 5🙈 thanks so much for your support 💪💜

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    • andrea harrower1 year ago
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      andrea harrower

      1 year ago

      Jan swim distances are not proving as "easy" (as if Nov and Dec were🙈) to tick up for the Polar Bear challenge..... between colder temperatures and stormy weather 🌪️🌧️🌊. However still on target to surpass the distance this weekend, leaving the last weekend in Jan free to just get in without the pressure of distance. Why get in at all ? Because if you miss a week at these temperatures, especially when February will be worse, then I'll sure feel it the following week🥶 thanks for your continued support... and please share this link💪💜

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    Page last updated on: 3/11/2023 08.02

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    51

    • Fiona

      Fiona

      Feb 7, 2023

      Great teacher and best wishes for your challenge!

    • Claire McCallum

      Claire McCallum

      Jan 14, 2023

      💪🏻❤️❄️🏊‍♀️

      £40.00

    • Kim Kearney

      Kim Kearney

      Jan 13, 2023

      ❤️With much love to you and the boys. As Dory said to Nemo in hard times: “just keep swimming” xoxo

      £30.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jan 13, 2023

      £20.00

    • Andrea Keers

      Andrea Keers

      Jan 12, 2023

      An amazing charity! My Dad (George Heron) taught in Wallace and died of pancreatic cancer 18 months ago so this charity is close to my heart x

      £20.00

    • Jules & Johnny

      Jules & Johnny

      Dec 26, 2022

      ❤️

      £40.00

    • Claire Smyth

      Claire Smyth

      Dec 26, 2022

      Inspirational Andrea #paddywouldbeproudofyouall ❤️

      £40.00

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