Anyone who would also like to donate money to one of our charities don't forget to visit the please sponsor us page and give whatever you can.
Love
Kirsty, Bex, Mandy, Rebecca, Hannah, Tillie & Carolyn
A big thank you to everyone who has visited the website and left us a message. We all read them and really appreciate your support. It's lovely to have so many encouraging words so please keep them coming.
Anyone who would also like to donate money to one of our charities don't forget to visit the please sponsor us page and give whatever you can. Love Kirsty, Bex, Mandy, Rebecca, Hannah, Tillie & Carolyn
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Tilly Wood
2/12/2010 06:26:05 am
Well done rebecca, this is an amaaaazing website, made me even more excited to do it now!!! x
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Jo Yirrell
2/22/2010 11:43:20 pm
Well done to the team for taking on this swim. I hope I can meet you all sometime. Thanks very much for choosing Malaria No More as one of your charities. As Tillie has probably told you I am a Special Ambassador for this MNM (as well as Auntie Jo to Tillie), and I really appreciate your support. I will ask MNM to put a link on their website for you. Hope we meet up one day. I am very proud of you, Tillie,as I am sure Harry would be too and of the rest of the team.
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2/24/2010 09:36:13 am
Guys! This is brilliant!
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Charlie
2/26/2010 08:57:30 am
Good line up, watch out for sharks! send us a baguette from Calais. Charlie x
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TOBIE
3/6/2010 10:40:42 pm
HI BEX AND TEAM,
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Tilly Wood
3/12/2010 02:35:52 am
Thanks all for the messages and support guys! Jo - that would be brilliant if you could contact the MNM? Thanks! Yes i will talk to the girls about organising a day to meet you! xx
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Savannah O'Connor
5/3/2010 06:29:45 am
Good Luck guys its gonna be a big challenge but i know you can do it :) the sense of achivement after will be amazing well done for taking up such a big challange...i'll be thinking of you :)
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Tim mandeville
5/3/2010 08:12:07 am
Great Write up Kirsty, I dont envy you girls at all, the water here in Oz is still a very pleasant 22 degrees !!!! you left on phoebia from your list....SHARKS, seem to remember you didnt like the thought of swimming much here with them in the water. arent they in the chanell also ??????????
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Carly michaels
5/3/2010 04:57:59 pm
Hey Rebecca and co. WELL DONE to all!! you really have done something extraordinary!! :)
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The channel looked tres chilly in the photos ladies... however those swimming cossies were SMOKIN' hot!
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Giovanni Barreca
5/3/2010 11:03:54 pm
Hey Girls,
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5/4/2010 12:50:57 am
Very best of luck to you all....
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Tom Ings
5/4/2010 04:20:17 am
Good luck girls - smash it up!
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Frances Holloway
5/4/2010 05:54:31 am
Good luck girls!
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Emma Hester
5/4/2010 06:14:51 pm
Bex and Clan,
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Maggie Collins
5/5/2010 05:05:34 pm
Salut
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5/6/2010 04:37:21 pm
Hi girls,
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Ash (Chief Photographer)
5/8/2010 01:47:10 am
It's alright for you girls to talk about how tough this training is but do you know how difficult it is drinking all those warm cups of coffee while I watch you?! On a serious note, I think you are all amazingly tough, particularly as you seem to be able to laugh and joke your way through it.... Up, up and away....
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Helen Finan
5/8/2010 08:46:21 pm
Wishing you all the very best of luck for what I'm sure will be an unforgettable experience and amazing achievement!
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Laura laura laura.....
5/17/2010 10:24:06 pm
Girls!! Am so very proud of you doing this, I get a chill just looking at thinking about it. The photos are amazing so far...and am most impressed that in image 44 your nail varnish matches your swim suit becci becci becci...priorities!!! ha ha. I know you'll all do a fab job and can't wait to follow your prgress from...well, hopefully my bed!! I think that this is one of lifes crazier plans and am just happy to know some girls that had the plan and are now doing it!!! At the end I am sure that you'll be singing...Je ne regrette rein!! (you know that old classic...no? want me to sing it for you?? No? ok...)
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Elliot Hawkes
5/18/2010 01:45:35 am
I love you guys, HEROES XXX
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Tyron Brudvig
5/18/2010 05:38:07 am
Hi girl's
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JohnT
5/26/2010 12:42:07 am
I am so proud of you guys and will be supporting you all the way. Lets hope that the sea is smooth and warm for the BIG swim.
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Martin Davitt
6/9/2010 06:34:13 pm
Good luck with the swim, and with the enormous amount of training you are all doing! The photos are great, showing not only the fun but also the pain that is so clearly involved.
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Clare
6/10/2010 02:00:55 am
Hi girls,
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IanG
6/15/2010 11:04:37 pm
Good luck you mad bunch. Hope it's like a mill pond when you cross.
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Chris Cooke
6/15/2010 11:29:42 pm
Hi Girls,
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Penny and Martin
6/16/2010 06:15:11 am
Ladies - you are just great. Good luck with the all the training and, of course, for the big event. You never do things by halves do you?
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Crazy Keith
6/16/2010 04:16:09 pm
I have the official name of Crazy Keith. Had it for years, but I have never done anything so crazy as what you are all prepared to do in training for this event.
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Julia Else
6/16/2010 05:59:58 pm
Hi girls!
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Sophia
6/17/2010 04:12:06 am
Hey girls, well done for completing the qualifier. Am so so proud of you Johnson girls (although also think you are nuts- def more than 80% mental!!!) Have every faith that you can do this and can't wait to read about more of your successes!!! Lots of love xxx
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tyrow!!!
6/18/2010 12:07:53 am
Well done last weekend with the qualifier swim, knew you 3 Johnson's had it in you to do this, all that stress Kirst,and look now it all done,now for the easy part,just pop over to France and back on a weekend in July,simple's,like the meerkat said,good luck tomorrow and Sunday at Dover and will catch up with you three later,cheers Tyrow!!,x x
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Aunite Meg
6/18/2010 08:34:00 pm
I'll be there in spirit girls! Keep swimming! Auntie M
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Amanda Brudvig
6/19/2010 03:56:05 am
Hey ladies, well done for all the training, it ill all pay off in the end. you have amazing spirits keep it up. I know you can do it..Amanda :) x
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Charly Dennes
6/19/2010 04:18:08 am
Hello Girlies, What an Amazing thing you are doing I think it's great :) All your hard work and efforts will be well worth it. Keep up the hard work we all know you can do it and will support you all the way you are all a true in
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Peter W
6/19/2010 07:48:45 pm
All the best., ladies, for your latest mind blowing challenge. Hope the wind's behind, you the water's calm - and maybe even warm enough. From the hills of Monchique.
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Roger Thorpe
6/20/2010 07:20:45 am
I have known the Johnson trio all their lives and thought them to be well balanced and sensible - how wrong can you be!!
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Martin Chappell
6/21/2010 10:06:37 pm
I think the rules need changing, this whole no wetsuit thing is ridiculous. Anyway good luck I'm sure you'll do it. And seriously it can't be colder or wetter or more unpleasant than last years 'Dawn to Dusk' - this will mean something to some of you!
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Puneeta D Malhan
6/23/2010 03:28:44 am
Hey Rebecca
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Kiersty, Jack & Ruby Hopperton
6/23/2010 04:44:51 am
Hi Kirsty, We all think you are all amazing and doing a great thing for 2 great charities. Well done.....we're supporting you all the way. K, J & R x
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Becky Lawton
6/27/2010 03:48:08 am
Well done girls, it's a pretty amazing thing you're doing! Best of luck xx
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Jo Yirrell
6/29/2010 01:40:16 am
Well Girls, the time is nearly hear. Just a note to wish you good luck for the swim. Unless you swim on 5th July morning, I will be there to support you. Really looking forward to meeting you all.
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Tom
6/29/2010 09:44:50 pm
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Emma Rembalski
6/29/2010 10:27:44 pm
Hey Kirsty
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Siobhan Smith
6/29/2010 10:28:13 pm
Hi Girls,
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Owen and Tom, Penny and Martin
6/30/2010 03:49:58 am
Well, the time is almost here. We are really proud of you all in taking up this great challenge. and we are especially proud that 3 of you wonderful girls are our cousins and neices. What a wonderful family we have.
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simon walsh
6/30/2010 07:34:17 am
Good luck Mandy and all the team!
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Kai ,Millie, Carla & Rob,
6/30/2010 07:35:56 am
Hi Kirsty & Co..... what an amazing challenge!!! Very impressed.
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John Dwyer
6/30/2010 08:11:56 am
Hi Becs and the team - I'm full of admiration for you all! To commit to something so tough is just awesome. I hope all the hours of training pays off. I'll get on and sponsor u, 2 great causes! All the very best! John
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6/30/2010 08:19:41 am
I feel so very normal and dull compared to you guys. You have my utmost admiration.
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Mel Mee
6/30/2010 08:36:43 am
Girls,
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Mike Byrne
6/30/2010 09:01:04 am
Kirsty! we wish you the best of luck for your goodself and your team!
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tyron
6/30/2010 04:13:34 pm
On standby now with less than a day to go!!, it felt like this day was so far away and now its tomorrow!,good luck to you all and I cant wait for the result on Saturday :-)),cheers Ty
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Jo Yirrell
6/30/2010 04:19:08 pm
Got the text from Tilly's Mum to say you have to be at Dover tonight. Good luck, All of you.
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Bratty
6/30/2010 06:38:10 pm
Good luck girls!! Really impressed with you lot. Watch out for that seaweed Kirst! xx
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Duncan Bell
6/30/2010 07:18:54 pm
Best of luck girls, I will buy the first cafe au lait and croissant in France, just bring me a receipt!
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Tara
6/30/2010 08:09:41 pm
Good Luck Guys! DONT FORGET TO HAVE FUN and when the going gets tough..think of the finish line :D Love love love tara x
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Judy Fraser
6/30/2010 08:42:27 pm
All the very best of luck for the swim girls! I will be thinking of you all.
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Kirsty Johnson
7/1/2010 02:13:22 am
Everybody thanks so much for the messages of support, this really will help keep us motivated when the swimming gets tough!!
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Laura
7/1/2010 02:43:04 am
Whoop whoop!! Just the ACTUAL swim to do now ladies!! Well done for even getting this far, how much you've achieved already.....Can't believe it. I know you can do it, just try to enjoy a little bit of it too!!! GO GO GO lots of love xxxxxxxxx
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Nicki Collins
7/1/2010 04:29:48 am
Kirsty - you're an inspiration to us all. When I tell Rich about all the amazing things you do with your life he goes green with envy and wants to do something as amazing - I'm just not sure we have as much guts as you! Good luck to you and the rest of the team. Will be thinking of you as you brave that cold sea!
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Owen and Tom, Penny and Martin
7/1/2010 04:45:51 am
We are with you. Praying for a safe crossing. Knowing you will all give your very best.
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Steve Bentley
7/1/2010 04:49:18 am
Good luck you nutters.
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jenny Murray
7/1/2010 04:52:38 am
Hope it all goes smoothly I am sure your hard work will pay off. We will be watching your progress with interest. We did donate but Suzie forgot to put a message with it! GOOD LUCK,
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Jo Yirrell
7/1/2010 06:03:08 am
I couldn't resist another message!
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lucy wilcox
7/1/2010 07:37:10 am
Good luck!!
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Julia H
7/1/2010 08:00:03 am
Hi Rebecca and team
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Paula
7/1/2010 08:43:26 am
Hi Bex.
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Jenny Murray
7/1/2010 03:10:57 pm
Hipe it is all going well, thinking of you.
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Jo Yirrell
7/1/2010 04:02:38 pm
I have just got up and are tracking your progress. Hope it is all going well and not cold.
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nina
7/1/2010 04:33:43 pm
Keep going girlies, you can do it!! Hope it's going well, got everything crossed for you!!! Nearly over guys........... YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!
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Giovanni B
7/1/2010 04:57:38 pm
Watching you live on satalite, technology these days hey!? Well done, you are almost half way to Calais!...
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Julia H
7/1/2010 05:09:13 pm
It's 8am and just been tracking where you are .... homeward bound! Think of all the people waiting for you on shore to greet you after such a great mental and physical achievement. Well done girls, you're an inspiration!
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Emma Hester (Johnson)
7/1/2010 06:21:23 pm
Bex and Gang
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louise polly harriet and dave
7/1/2010 06:23:54 pm
Hey girls, cant believe youre off, so impressed with you all1 Really hope you kind of enjoy it and all the very best of luck. YOU R ALL AMAZING
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Harriet
7/1/2010 06:35:48 pm
Good Luck Sistaaaaa's!!!!!xoxo
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Owen and Tom, Penny and Martin
7/1/2010 08:36:18 pm
You must be nearly there!! Keep going, we're with you all the way!
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Jo Yirrell
7/1/2010 09:40:46 pm
I am still watching, mind you it feels like I am stalking you now!!! Nearly there, keep going, nearly halfway through an incredible experience. xx
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Julia W
7/1/2010 11:30:59 pm
Looks like halfway now? Well done girls, I hope the sea's calm and the currents are on your side on the way home...
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Chris
7/2/2010 12:18:01 am
Hi there - I don't know you, but I work with Carolyn's father.
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Jane Bridgman
7/2/2010 12:22:20 am
Wow, I just logged on during a dull friday in the office to see you are on the way back to england!! Good Luck and keep going!!
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Brett Owen
7/2/2010 12:30:25 am
nice work guys cant quite see the tracking but the return trip is looking fast too. well done. Brett Thmes Turbo
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Jo Yirrell
7/2/2010 12:44:56 am
Fantastic Homewood bound!!! Keep up the good work all of you!! XX
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George Arthur Butchers
7/2/2010 01:37:18 am
well done ladies,think of those Pork pie to keep you going!
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Roland
7/2/2010 02:11:06 am
Well done girls, you are doing a great job, keep it going - and the singing!!!
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Jayne Thorne
7/2/2010 03:36:53 am
Come on Bex we are all thinking of you lots of love Jayne and John xxx
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carlos duarte
7/2/2010 03:40:15 am
muita força e muita coragem para finalizarem esse precurso.
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Tom and Owen, Penny and Martin
7/2/2010 04:14:51 am
You are all truly amazing. Absolutely delighted at touch down in France. And looking at your progress, you are more than half way home.
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Tom and Owen, Penny and Martin
7/2/2010 04:51:38 am
I am emailing Keith. He tells me you have tide issues. Be honest, you are enjoying yourselves so much you just wanted an extra turn.
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Cathy
7/2/2010 05:06:46 am
Kirsty and the girls, your doing amazingly well. keep strong can't wait to hear you've finished. Will keep tracking.
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7/2/2010 05:46:08 am
Hello Kirsty & all the other ladies, keep your spirits up your doing tremendously well, I know you can do it, john
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Dick and Janet
7/2/2010 06:13:58 am
Kirsty, Becca and Mandy and the girls, we are in awe and astounded at your tenacity in taking on a challenge like this. Once this challenge is over, be content with doing something simple in life and stop making the rest of us look complete wimps. We look forward to seeing you home, safe, dry and warm. Love to you all, see you soon. xxx
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gemma winsor
7/2/2010 06:35:51 am
hey bex...i think your nearly done, i got confused so sorry for late message...but good luck good luck and well done too!! to all of you. amazing stuf xxxxxx
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erica poole
7/2/2010 07:35:45 am
Hi Guys...Bex I so proud!!!!....you are an absolutely amazing person!..you all are...wow!...what an achievement!...I hope you guys are going to get really pampered after this!
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Emma Hester (Johnson)
7/2/2010 07:51:42 am
Nearly nearly done.... well done ladies!!! Can't believe that you've been swimming the whole time since I last messaged!!! That's so so so long - plus the extra time before I messaged and the time after I finish this message!!!!What an achievement!! Home Straight...... Come on the mad girls....!!
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Chris
7/2/2010 08:28:41 am
keep it going - I reckon by looking at t he tracker chart you must be able to see the lights of Dover, you're only a centimetre or so away! And all those big nasty container ships are behind you.
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Katie and mike byrne
7/2/2010 08:31:02 am
Almost finished girls!! Well done. Sending love from Australia. Mike and Katie
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Laura
7/2/2010 08:48:05 am
Becci you are so WEAK! Haha. It's a good job I love you SO much! Now get yourself back on dry ground so I can stalk you. Love always, your biggest fan.
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Laura
7/2/2010 08:51:06 am
To the rest of you girls, well done, you're amazing, doing such a good job! Not long now, keep going! What an achievement! Love Laurs xxxxxxxx
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BenH
7/2/2010 08:58:36 am
Hello, I'm laura's friend, she's forcing me to comment and tell you how "amazing" you are. So... YOU'RE AMAZING... and a bit wrinkled by now I bet.
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Jane Robertson
7/2/2010 09:29:52 am
Well done all of you!!Have been thinking of you all day.
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Jo Yirrell
7/2/2010 09:30:23 am
So very nearly there, keep it up everybody. I have been telling everybody about you. Really sorry I can't be there to see you in now but looking forward meeting you all.
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Jo Yirrell
7/2/2010 09:43:33 am
Good luck on your last swim Tilly, you have made your Auntie and Uncle and Cousins so incredibly proud.
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Mia Rabjohn
7/2/2010 10:55:19 am
Go girlies!!
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Paul Wood
7/2/2010 11:58:13 am
Hi Bex & team, great challenge & well done. Sorry we couldn't attend to see you finish. Lucy's just up for work & I'm just in bed! Hope you are all relaxing too & have a chilled weekend. Same again next year?!
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Owen and Tom, Penny and martin
7/2/2010 12:46:46 pm
Congratulations. You have all taken part in a fantastic journey.
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louise
7/2/2010 04:12:31 pm
OMG, how fantastic u all r. Such a brilliant achievement, really well done! Now to celebrate and never eat another snickers bar kirst! Cant wait to hear all about it first hand. xxx
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Tyron
7/2/2010 04:55:51 pm
Well done girl's,it was worth every minutes of no sleep over the last two days to seen you all complete this crazy challenge this morning!, you were all amazing, well done to Mandy for swimming through all the jellyfish...brave!!, cheers Ty,x
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Jo Yirrell
7/2/2010 05:37:32 pm
Well done girls, sounds like you powered through the last leg. An incredible achievement, I hope you are all as proud of yourselves as all your supporters are of you.
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John Dwyer
7/2/2010 06:23:31 pm
Wow - amazing job girls! It sounds like an epic adventure, you'll have such tales to tell... I'm really inspired by what you have achieved and chuffed that having committed to something so huge you managed to pull it off! Enjoy your much-deserved rest, John
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Anne and Phil
7/2/2010 06:50:11 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! - Well done to all of you. Bex, it's a bit daunting knowing we've got a Wonder Woman just two doors away. We tracked you and got a little worried when you started to drift toward the Atlantic but then came the news that you'd landed so, once again, well done to all concerned.
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Tilly Wood
7/3/2010 02:55:41 am
Well that was a huge journey! Well done everyone, its finally been completed! Hats off to all of you, thank you for being there to support me, couldn't (literally) of done it without all of you! My big sisters!
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Rachel sammes
7/3/2010 04:12:30 am
Well done girls, a fantastic achievement!!! Rebecca - see u at work next week!?
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Gunilla
7/3/2010 04:59:36 am
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Gunilla
7/3/2010 05:16:36 am
Hi Rebecca
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Roselle
7/4/2010 05:29:04 pm
Hi Rebecca,
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Daffers
7/8/2010 02:49:27 am
What can i say....Rebecca and chums you never fail to amaze........ Cracking !..........whats next ? [ So feeling numb from the neck down whilst swimming in beautiful sunny cornwall's nothing really is it ?]
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mary southgate
7/9/2010 03:01:52 am
Congrats to you both Hannah and Rebecca. I can't believe you have swum the channel 2 years running. Quite amazing. lots of love to you both Mary and Howard xx
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9/1/2010 12:14:23 am
Hi Team. What an awesome achievement. You guys have been so inspiring, I’ve set up my own 2 team (s) of seven and we are planning to do the channel swim in July next year. I was wondering if you could please get in touch as i wanted to have a chat about your experience of this and how you managed to get the sponsorship in place etc., which bits were the hardest, along with any training tips you can provide.
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12/16/2010 09:17:55 am
Stroke is an evil which we must start paying attention, is a disease that present many symptoms before it happens, check with the doctor is a good way to avoid this!
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12/19/2010 11:36:47 pm
The people of Costa Rica is warm in his dealings, kind and hardworking. Visit our country and will enjoy the natural beauty of the find
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12/19/2010 11:37:32 pm
Costa Rica is a country of beautiful landscapes, beaches and lush variety of plant and animal species. Visit
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