In at the deep end

Here are seven words I never imagined I’d write: I’m training to swim the English Channel. To be precise, I’m training to swim the English Channel as part of a six-person relay team. That means I will NOT be swimming the entirety of the English Channel myself. The six of us will each swim for an hour at a time on our own, starting from a beach in Dover at about one in the morning and (ideally)…