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11 year old swims the channel
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 sitdownstandup  02 Feb 16 6.43pm |
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it was back in 1988 but it's still a pretty amazing feat and a great story. The fella went on to be quite a successful bloke and it doesn't sound like he was pushed into it or regrets it at all.
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palace777  belfast 02 Feb 16 6.51pm |
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Jees! Nothing like breaking news
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jamiemartin721  Reading 03 Feb 16 1.24pm |
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These days he'd have a hell of a problem getting the ferry back, no room for ID or Passport in those trunks. Probably end up living in a Callas shanty town giving handjobs to truckers. Or being accosted by some British First nutbar.
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| Hoof Hearted 03 Feb 16 1.28pm | |
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I thought this was another story about Asylum Seekers trying to get in to the UK.
They will try anything!
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| Stuk Top half 03 Feb 16 3.47pm |
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They should ban it now, it's not special any more and it's not a good idea to swim in the world's busiest shipping lane.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 04 Feb 16 10.46am |
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Originally posted by Stuk
They should ban it now, it's not special any more and it's not a good idea to swim in the world's busiest shipping lane. Except from a Darwinian point of view.
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martinb75  Tampere 04 Feb 16 12.58pm |
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Flash prick !
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| Hoof Hearted 04 Feb 16 1.00pm | |
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Originally posted by martinb75
Flash prick ! I've just taken that as an instruction.... and been thrown out of Costa Coffee!
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| lankygit Lincoln 04 Feb 16 2.58pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
These days he'd have a hell of a problem getting the ferry back, no room for ID or Passport in those trunks. Probably end up living in a Callas shanty town giving handjobs to truckers. Or being accosted by some British First nutbar. Apart from the fact that he swam from France to England that might be right, jamie.
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| npn Crowborough 04 Feb 16 3.07pm |
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Originally posted by lankygit
Apart from the fact that he swam from France to England that might be right, jamie. I hope they turned him straight round at Dover for not having a passport and made him swim back!
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| martinb75 Tampere 04 Feb 16 8.20pm |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
I've just taken that as an instruction.... and been thrown out of Costa Coffee!
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| Vaibow vancouver/croydon 05 Feb 16 3.38pm |
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to quote Lloyd Christmas... 'We've landed on the moon"
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