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Sylvain Estadieu’s English Channel Butterfly – Part 2
Part 1. We arose in Varne Ridge early on Sunday morning, but much better than the more usual middle of the night for a typical Channel swim. Sylvain’s favourite breakfast is brioche, and he didn’t...
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Sylvain Estadieu’s English Channel Butterfly – Part 3
Part 1. Part 2. That Sunday morning of late September was overcast and dull as Sylvain undulated away from Shakespeare beach almost parallel to the kilometre-long Admiralty Pier. There was a light...
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Sylvain Estadieu’s English Channel Butterfly – Part 5
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. I wasn’t sure when I started this how long this series would be. Previous long series have run to five posts. This will take six. Given his achievement, I think it’s...
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Sylvain Estadieu’s English Channel Butterfly – Part 6 – Le Français Volant
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. With the sickness, the changes in feeds, how the crew felt, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that Sylvain was still swimming strongly. That despite...
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