I've swam across the river Humber

Organised by the Barracuda tri club www.barracudatriclub.com

I had a great day today. Today was the day I got to swim across the river Humber. We met at 3pm for a safety brief and after being told how dangerous the swim could be we then went to the rivers edge to get on board the lifeboat that was taking us across the river. On arrival at the other side we got into the water in 2 groups based on pace. The first group (my group) set off with the other group setting off 30 seconds later. We had to try and stay together for safety reasons and so the safety boat could keep an eye on us. The first 2/3 of the swim the current was pushing us up stream. As we got to the middle of the river it got a little choppy, the current was still pushing us up stream. With about 800m to go the tide turned and before we knew it we were having to review our approach as we were being moved towards the sea by the strong current. We arrived on the shore after covering the 1.5 mile swim in 38 mins. A fantastic afternoon swim with amazing views of the Humber bridge.