A long-distance swimmer is on the brink of attempting to achieve a lifelong dream by swimming the English Channel. On Monday morning Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth, said she was waiting for the ...

A long-distance swimmer has completed a "bucket-list" moment by swimming the English Channel. Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth completed the swim on Saturday in 14 hours and 20 minutes. The ...

A long-distance swimmer is on the brink of attempting to achieve a lifelong dream by swimming the English Channel. On Monday morning Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth, said she was waiting for the ...

A 17-year-old nicknamed the ‘Ginger Swimmer’ has swum the English Channel – powered by Jelly Babies. Lowenna North trained for four years, clocking up countless miles both in the pool and on ...

Katie Pumphrey, a Baltimore open-water ultra-marathon swimmer, is preparing for another long-distance challenge, her third English Channel crossing. Pumphrey completed a six-hour swim on Thursday ...

A lifelong competitive swimmer, Wamsley “carried the dream” of swimming the English Channel for 38 years, having decided at age 12 that she would swim the channel by age 50.

Swimming the English Channel requires months of preparation. Most participants sign up at least two years in advance. Swimmers have an entire crew providing navigation and food, since the swim can ...

Wamsley’s goal is to swim the English Channel for her 50th birthday, a goal she decided on when she was 12-years-old, according to her website aswimadventure.org.The site says she is swimming to ...

Fellow swimmer and Larchmont resident, Simon Hill, completed his Channel crossing in October 2022, and soon thereafter encouraged Jake to get in touch with the best Channel Crossing pilots in the ...

A long-distance swimmer is on the brink of attempting to achieve a lifelong dream by swimming the English Channel. On Monday morning Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth, said she was waiting for the ...