Many thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I have always been a keen swimmer,  and approximately 8 years ago decided that I wanted to convert my love of this sport into taking on the challenge of completing distance swims for charity.  The tagline... '22 miles. 12 weeks. Your Pool. Challenge yourself & help to raise money for people affected by spinal cord injury.' first caught my attention in 2009 and I have have completed this event twice in 2009 & 2014 raising over £500 for ASPIRE in the process.

In 2015 I completed the 2.5km individual Sport Relief Swimathon in 68 mins & decided to double the distance to 5km in 2016, after completing out 200 lengths of The Malden Centre in Kingston-Upon-Thames 25m pool in 2hrs 23mins.......totally exhausted!!

Having thought that this latest distance would be plenty, I next became drawn into a whole new world of open water swimming after splashing around carelessly off the coast of La Gomera in The Canaries during a family holiday in 2016.   I totally loved this new sense of freedom. & since then have been a regular visitor to the open water lake at Shepperton & latterly Hampton Pool during the winter.

What next???  Well I've decided to well & truly up my game and attempt a six person cross-channel relay swim for ASPIRE in August 2017.  I fully recognise that this will challenge me physically like no other way I've ever undertaken before.

Three training weekends at Dover in May, June & July 2017 lie ahead and many months of close season training in the pool & outdoors.

If you are able to offer up any sum of money for this excellent charity I would be incredibly grateful.  I have a goal of £1,750 to reach, so any donations large or small will be highly prized to help me achieve my target figure.

Please do check my progress via twitter & my JustGiving webpage.

@peterrollob

www.justgiving.com/PPR-BlackTeamOsprey

Many thanks,

Peter

31.12.16.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.