After a month of foul weather for the previous tides, the Channel gods are smiling on me. The weather looks good for this week. I met with Chris, my pilot this morning and he thought Thursday would be good or later if there was better weather coming. Chris called back this afternoon and at this point we are set for an early Wednesday morning start (approx 4 am in the UK, 1 pm in Sydney and 11 pm Tuesday in the US).
The date on Wednesday is August 8th. This must be an omen because my first channel swim (when I got scrambled on the rocks) was August 8 2008. My second swim (and first attempt at the double) was on August 8-9 2010.
Fingers crossed and touch wood.
