and one of the local wild swimmers comes
swimming out with this on her head
doing breaststroke and look down and
it's just piping off her head
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some guys coming to you from Mulliken
tires right about here which is
officially the halfway point of the
Great Britain that feels incredible to
say only because me and Matt will say
it's now more efficient for us to go all
the way around and back to Margate this
way then it is this way so essentially
we're now counting down the days I first
met he was going on Great Britain and I
was thinking right that's good it's
gonna take a bit of heart and in my mind
I had Headlands like this one I was
thinking oh my look entire in the
southwest kale that's going to be Savage
so here we are a few months later and in
Psychological terms
yeah there's Lands End was a massive
hurdle that was kind of like okay we're
cool of the way there be a getting
around this one this pretty much marks
the halfway mark in my mind so how does
it feel mr. Ridgeley
oh my god since Sigma since my bae and
then you know yesterday our first
propagator of the yeah of the trip you
know gale force
severe gale force nine in the forecast
we want to scuttle off to hide for a
night and and then this morning it was
kind of completely shrouded in mist and
so for it to clear like this and then
bright sunshine all day and then just
beautiful evening it's just like okay
there's your reward for sticking it out
mate richly deserved it has to be said
it just feels like just getting slammed
by wind and waves and we'll just seeking
refuge on a harbor and then we've kind
of come out today for right we need to
get some Moloch entire needs gets
halfway and in a weird way
clouds are cleared sometimes come out
it's like somebody's going they go well
done guys well done
those who tuned in last week you'll know
we spoke an awful lot all around mental
fortitude and these tips techniques and
strategies that you can use
to deal with hardship which is why this
week it only made logical sense to
address the physical adaptations and
changes that happening to my body during
the Great British swim this starts of
course with a fan-favorite rhino neck
runner next back I thought I'd left him
way back at Lands End but it appears
he's made another appearance in Scotland
but there is hope and me and Matt as
well work was so much quicker identified
before it got worse so we're addressing
wounds changing swimming technique and
fingers crossed
touchwood I think we're over it I think
of course related to rhino neck is salt
time which is actually healing thick
peak basically we've become foremost
experts in dealing with salt time we've
got homemade mouth washes
we'll lube up the inside of my mouth
with all sorts of coconut oil and again
things for us think we're on top of it
next we can't talk about physical
adaptations without talking about my old
foe the jellyfish especially cos in
Scotland they're bigger they're bigger
and venture how my body has changed to
this is really threefold number one the
armored fortified beard genuinely the
other day jellyfish smack bounced
straight off it rather than just
teabagging he just kind of ricocheted
off either side so it's still not fully
grown yet but it's gonna number two I've
developed really good peripheral vision
when I'm swimming if a jellyfish is
coming either side or straight on I can
now identify where he is and where his
tentacles are so peripheral vision
prevention is better than cure and if I
see him come in
I'll give him a wide berth finally
jellyfish immunity now this isn't an
exact science is more theory that me and
the team are throwing around and I don't
really want to test this theory by dirt
and rubbing my face in a load of
jellyfish but when I've been stung the
last few times in Scotland it's just
hurt it hasn't caused it Shing or my
Airways to kind of block up or causing
it to be dizzy it's just painful so
there's a theory that you develop an
immunity to it after so many stings I
don't want to test this just now that
next up swimming Tech
and biomechanics basically it's my job
throughout the hundred days of beyond to
swim as efficiently as possible for as
long as possible and to do this I'll
switch up my swimming technique
depending on where I've got waves
currents a ferry chasing after me or I'm
about to swim the headfirst into a
whirlpool a lot of people will notice
when I'm swimming quite often I don't
actually kick my legs that's because I
actually hold quite a lot of fat around
my lower body and on my legs which means
it's actually quite buoyant and because
kicking actually only counts for ten
percent overall propulsion my job is to
conserve as much energy as possible and
so if I don't kick my legs but 90
percent of the time it's just this kind
of lazy cumbersome technique I've often
said I'm not a dolphin I'm not a shark
it's not pretty to look at
I'm more like a whale and I'll just
slowly make my way all around go
straight with it and finally I am chubby
Oh with a little pudding belly which
means one I'm better at cuddling but two
are more resilient to the cold as well
which is a pretty simple science more
body fat man's more insulation speaking
of the cold it's time to sweat
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sup guys I'm gonna be completely honest
with you I love Scotland I don't think
I'm gonna come back down the other side
I might just stay up in this region main
reasons being scenery is just stunning
Scotland win sunsets we had some amazing
ones down in Cornwall just just insanely
stunning Irish Sea as well just spoilt
is the water was kind of this turquoise
color take a bow
Scotland we had one the other day and
and the whole sea kind of lit up it was
this kind of red sky and the sea was red
and the sky was red on my first swim
that's kind of properly in Scotland it
was just crazy I'm not gonna lie the
water is best described as fresh can't
feel your face after the first our lips
are just blue and numb but it's Scotland
so you don't mind it's a very weird
dilemma to be in you know that you can't
experience the beauty of Scotland
without freezing your lips but the main
reason I'm not leaving Scotland is
because of the people the people come
bearing cake yes as I'm sleeping it's 3
o'clock in the afternoon and I own and
one of the local wild swimmers comes
swimming out with this on her head
doing breaststroke and then I just
excuse me Russ I've brought you some
cake I look down and it's just piping
off her head so she came on board we had
a chat and skinny cake I'm not just any
cake as well it's so dense and it's
still warm
oh it's not amazing check this mmm so
yeah
Scotland take about scenery the people
and your cakes
so that's it for this week guys we are
now well and truly on our way into
Scotland and I just want to take a very
quick moment just because the other day
I posted some pictures on my Instagram
and what loads are really really nice
messages just saying am i okay and you
know I might be a wall adapter just
because I didn't look pretty hairy and
hagit the 14 mile swim Google marks just
zinc paint all around me and yeah like
the truth is I'm not gonna win any
beauty pageants this summer that is true
and I've made peace with that fact but
it's kind of what's needed for the Great
Britain where my face is being slowly
eroded by jellyfish and saltwater what
I'm in high spirits and and I am okay so
yeah I just wanted to say thank you so
much it really doesn't mean a lot and
annual your messages are always shouted
across the room while I'm swimming and
in the water so it was very very sweet
of you and I just wanted to end by this
sort of expressing how grateful I am all
that but for now all that's left to do
is get out there and and some cold hard
Scottish miles it's in various women
I recently and I'll see you next week