Swimming has been going well and this week I have been really looking forward to a trip to Gozo (an island next to Malta) where me and my mate Don were booked on a holiday with a company called Swimtrek, who specialise in swimming holidays. The plan was that we would do our 6 hour qualifying swim this week (Before you are allowed to swim the Channel you have to have done a minimum 6 hour swim in water below 16 degrees C). Unless you have been living under a rock, you will know that due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland that all flights to and from the UK and most of Europe have been grounded.
We were due to fly out to Malta in the morning of Sat 18 Apr 2010 but our flight was cancelled. We then rebooked on a flight leaving Saurday evening, which was cancelled and we are now booked on a flight leaving 21.00 on Mon 20 Apr. If this flight goes ahead we will arrive at our hotel in Gozo around 4am Tue morning, get a couple of hours sleep and then attempt our 6 hour swim the same day. Looking at the situation at the moment I very much doubt that any flights will be leaving for most of this week - and if our next flight is cancelled there will be no point going on the trip as we will only get 1.5 days in Gozo and will not be able to attempt the qualifying swim.
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