Croydon Guardian:

FIRST Little Britain comedian David Walliams swam the English Channel for Sport Relief. Now a charity fundraiser from Redbridge will attempt to cross the channel - underwater.

Colin Osbourne, from Hainault who founded the men's cancer charity Orchid after he nearly lost the battle against testicular cancer in 1996, is attempting to become one of the first people to cross the Channel as part of a underwater relay team.

The 24-hour relay will see the seven divers taking turns to swim for half an hour each at a depth of 10 metres and while the diver will have radio contact with the support boat the dive will essentially be a solo one. ...more ---> ...

| Swimmers' Tales | 4 August 2006; 2:04:20 PM |# | | |