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so guys after 80 something days I can
finally say that we are staring cake
rough in the face for those who don't
know that is the top of the country and
it feels just amazing to even say that
we're missing a tide today which is rare
but also really nice the weather out
there is so bad if we went and tried to
swim against the tides and the wind and
the waves
I basically wouldn't move anywhere so
that's given me the evening off and it
sounds strange but I just I just wanted
to get snug and I know I'm wearing a
coat in bed but I mind I'm sweating a
little bit it's the first time in 80
something days well I'm actually warm
and I'm sweating and it's a luxury but
the other thing I wanted to do was a
little bit of homework I wanted to sit
down look at past swim records and
really take stock just because
everything we've learned up until this
point is now irrelevant and that's
because the top of Scotland is it's just
a different beast the waves are
different that the temperature is
definitely different but the most
disheartening thing for me is my speed
through the water even that's different
and obviously there's many factors at
play and whether it's the waves the
tides obviously my swimming speed
wherever I'm feeling fatigued whether my
shoulders are happy with me or sad with
me today and but just to give you an
idea it was literally a few weeks ago we
were gonna pass the honor sky and we set
a great British swim speed record Tan's
is gonna make this official GPS had GPS
so when the time is right
boob and we ready so we got a mile got a
bus probably about a half an hour rather
be cruising just get nice and warm my
seat has and then they complain to
sprint and I'm gonna be keeping pace
next and monitoring the speedometer and
noting down the speed leave my bubbles
hat definitely gonna stay on I'm gonna
give you a headache ah eat five bubbles
let's do it
yeah 3.7 yeah
coming down this leg boy weak
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hey if you actually look at the progress
from my past to swims
I mean I'm struggling to make to not I'm
really crawling up to the top of
Scotland and obviously that's not good
from a strategic point of view because
if we don't get round the top before the
winter weather sets in it's bad news
just mentally as well I mean I I thought
once we came into Scotland
I'd be cruising around the top my beard
would be glistening in the Sun saltwater
spray everywhere it's just not happening
it's I am limping like an injured seal
just around the top of Kate Roth and we
just work loring miles everything we've
learned has changed it's no longer two
tides a day like clockwork now it's just
like a game of hide-and-seek and and
we're not winning the plan for tonight
is homework also as well central your
packing away the calories which is why I
have a shopping bag for the jelly babies
carb-load hydrate also as well as well
as the calories as well as the carbs
making sure I'm actually taking care of
my immune system as well which is why
I'm eating anything and everything that
is packed with vitamins minerals
phytochemicals enzymes anything I can
find from the protein works including
super green shakes
I'm almost I'm like a like a injured
feral dog waiting and when the gate
opens
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the anticipation that coming to this
area has been really mixed when you get
up into the wilds of Scotland up here
it's really remote you know there's
nothing up here really other than
mountains very gnarly Anchorage's it's
completely exposed to the North Atlantic
and in this area particularly around
Cape Ross you're getting away from the
shelter of the islands here the Inner
Hebrides and out into a zone where
you've got hundreds actually thousands
of miles of ocean earlier in the great
British when we had this situation where
we could easily go as two times today
the weather weather is relatively good
let's go whatever because we know we've
got somewhere to escape to or it's calm
enough that we can be at sea in evening
to it seeing not worrying about it and
one of the big differences in the Kate
Roth area is that we're not just looking
at putting Ross in whenever he can swim
we're also looking at where are we going
to end that swim and is it safe for the
boat and crew and Ross to be there
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sup guys today swim took an interesting
turn just because I thought I'd seen
everything there was to see around the
Great British coast minke whales
dolphins different kinds of dolphins
different kinds of jellyfish but today
Scotland decided to spring a little bit
of the surprise on me I say little it
was a giant basking shark just boom big
belly massive mouth just going about its
business
I'm still not entirely sure how I feel
about sharing the swimming pool with a
basking shark the Great British swim is
far from over and it's still gonna
spring up so many surprises killer
whales
Walker's I wouldn't be upset if I got
all the way back to Margate and didn't
see an orca if I saw it from the boat if
I had a hot chocolate that'd be
different I've been researching it I
spoke to many marine biologists and
experts what might happen is they might
mistake you for a seal that's the
problem when I have my mask on I do look
like a seal so I'm trying not to swim
like a seal I kind of swim so an Walker
probably takes a look at me and knows
that's not a seal that is that's a
strangely shaped swimmer but it's not
seal and he probably doesn't taste great
and that's that's my best line of
defense right now it's the killer whales
that I'm not I'm not comfortable with at
the moment but honor the local fishermen
as well and said they've seen quite a
few and I saw a tweet the other day I
think it was a marine conservation
Twitter page and he said that a famous
old killer whale have been seen just
down here I'm just I'm trying what I'm
doing I'm thinking my best line of
defense is I'm just trying to make
myself look as unappetizing as possible
and like the beard you know I haven't
showered in in 82 days I can't imagine
anything in the sea is looking at me
going I'll order one of those main
course up on that but overall the
wildlife so far has been good I just
hope my relationship with it stays like
that that's all I want I just want to
get to Margate still living in harmony
with the sea life thank you guys that's
it about to get ready for what could be
the final swim or the wild wild west
there is no Scott Lowe
genuinely a bit nervous about this one
I'm not even gonna lie just hoping that
we can sneak around just before mama
nature decides to throw a massive storm
our way taper off so things cross touch
wood this is the last vlog I'll be
making as I'm going north and next time
we speak also don't forget you can track
my progress at breadboard co-taught UK /
great Bruce whim but for now I've got su
up it's time to get to work