we always said this is gonna be a
critical point are we going island or
whales where you want to point me we're
going to - Shanta Big Chief man
basically he's saying that if we make
lundi it's a game changer
shoot Lundy being a small island in the
Bristol Channel then hand over to Matt
now Matt why are you so optimistic about
Lundy what it what is it about Lundy
that makes you smile at five o'clock in
the morning we set this up by starting
to angle you out away from the coast
yesterday
with this tide that rushes up through
here but when we get to this area here
the time pushes up the crystal channel
so we're really going to try and work
the slack we've got at the beginning of
this tide and get you a little bit west
first thing and then hopefully you'll be
able to use that tide and come up with
it and if we can get that you know we
can make that target on this swim that
sets up a whole like different scenario
across the bristol channel possibly only
a couple of days instead of three or
four days of hard hard grass so then see
how you get on Matt said this best
yesterday he described the Bristol
Channel as a maze and it's just because
with all of the the tides and currents
going this way and you want to go that
way swimming is on a knife edge if you
get the slightest debris wrong you are
disappearing off the island or you are
crashing okay Suns getting C it's time
to go to work
game face on
mr. Joe just finished morning swim here
on Lundy Islands just off the coast of
Devon we're in a place right now called
Jenny's Cove this place is stunning I
honestly can't do it justice we're
knowing is this entire island actually
comes under marine conservation so that
means is you're not allowed to fish here
and if you can't fish here the sea life
thrives as a result the birds have
somewhere to come and eat seals are and
that was one of my favorite parts just
coming face to face with a seal
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they're so like the smaller ones they
sounds odd but they've got such a
personality we were playing
hide-and-seek and when he was on the
surface I was like a buddy and then when
he ducked under I ducked under and I was
like I see you it he was like nah he got
me
it's such a privilege but at the same
time Lundy Island shows what happens
when we left wildlife thrive like it was
always intended to and right now because
the sea is so like vibrant so full of
fish that the birds just have somewhere
to come and eat and and while you don't
get puffins on the mainland I must be
able to see hundreds here in summary
while on the great british swim we focus
a lot on the mental aspects and the
physical aspects of the whole adventure
I think Lundy is just a brilliant
example of what can happen if we let
wildlife just thrive and kind of exist
how it was always intended to I've been
a while since we've done one of these
sort of q and A's there are some common
questions that are coming up on social
media that I wanted to take the time to
really answer firstly regarding my salt
tongue I appreciate a lot of people's
concern it's kind of okay it's kind of
under control a lot of people saying
like why don't I use a small cord people
were even sending me different models of
snorkel that I might be able to use like
for masks ones that you just put your
mouth like one that goes over your nose
there's a part of me that just wouldn't
sleep well at night if I knew I used a
snorkel does that make sense I just I
just you say you're gonna swim it you
swim it you know that means no flippers
no snorkel this is the great british
swim it's not the Great Britain or cool
next a lot of people asking will we do
this in 100 days if you'd have asked me
this at the start in Margate I would
have said yes absolutely 100 days but
that was all in theory that was all with
my calculations on a pen and paper
since swimming around the entire south
coast I've learnt a lot I've become a
little bit more philosophical about the
whole great british swim
and now if you ask me can we do it in
hundred days my reply would be it's not
up to me which which sounds a little bit
strange but but really it isn't up to me
it's up to the ocean our best day in 24
hours we were able to swim 30 miles that
was a huge day if you do 30 miles a day
and you average that out that means you
get done in about 60 to 70 days but
again that's all theory equally around
line we just day in a 24-hour period I
only managed to swim five miles reason
being I was eating currents the the wind
was just not in my favor I've been stung
by jellyfish from every angle and
because of that I only managed 5 miles
in 24 hours so if you average that out
that equates to 400 days which means I'm
spending my Christmas still swimming
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relaxing with Murphy's Great Bear Swim
started as a personal endeavor and I
think the very fact that everybody now
wants to see it finish it's been it's
been so nice that it's evolved into
something you know far bigger than
myself we always said this is gonna be a
critical point are we going Island or
Wales where you want to point me we're
going to follow that Wales yeah what we
want to try and avoid is getting drawn
into these kind of like big phase my
thoughts are that will actually angle
across towards the other side because
you get a fairly consistent flow all the
way out there so these Bay's are gonna
make the vowel of light bang yeah this
bit here we're looking at at least a
week OC over to do it now so Wales bang
Dublin eat Dublin yeah
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sup guys caught a halt to the
proceedings yesterday
just because my shoulders are making
noises that they probably shouldn't be
making I wanted to do this vlog cause
it's quite easy to see Rhino neck and
salt tongue but the reality is is
whatever is going on inside of my
shoulders is it's not good
but it shouldn't be making this noise
also as well just on some maths I think
we probably taken you know five hundred
thousand strokes so that means you know
we've got two million more to take so
that's why it's all about boxing clever
right now we've got the Bristol Channel
to attack and get across I think it's
it's about balancing this kind of like
mental fortitude and you know green your
teeth and getting through it but also
doing it intelligently because
ultimately you know there's no point to
celebrate when you get across the whales
when you go
Ireland Scotland and then all the way
back down England to do as well so go do
some prehab on my shoulder before I
attempt to swim today yeah
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