At 03:24 this morning Mark Fabik started his solo English Channel swim from Samphire Hoe near Dover. There was one skirmish earlier in the morning, which involved Nick Adams, Kristy McIntyre and Deirdre Ward over who would apply sunblock to Mark's back. While Kristy roared 'go Deirdre" Nick, clearly weakened by his very recent solo swim of the English Channel lost out to the strength of Deirdre.
And two hours later, not wishing to let the facts get in the way of a good story, Nick documented how the rage continued as Mark swam by posting a photo of stormy seas.
Five hours on, and Mark has been flying at a steady 60 strokes per minute while Kristy has been snoozing at exactly the same rate. One blast of painkillers on four hours for Mark and sight of a few jellyfish has been his company. Medical advice says that peeing on jellyfish stings can ease the pain, and Nick in his state of advanced preparation semed to have used the opportunity to pee on them in the sea. Back in the diary room, Tweets of a boat to starboard were posted. Mark's latest battle was to swim through seaweed, hopefully this will prove easier than a fat man swimming through the eye of a needle, or more locally, Nick winning the piddling war against jellyfish.
Mark Fabik on his way from Dover
