Yup... you've guessed it... swimming Tuesday night or Wednesday morning is now a no-go with 15mph winds predicted. With a real posibility that the winds could last all week, we have a few difficult decisions to make. Am I prepared to swim in conditions that wouldn't favour a successful swim? Am I prepared to give up the chance of breaking the world record for a swim that if successful would leave me little or no chance of finishing under 80hrs? Am I prepared to swim in Force 4 or 5 gales, getting thrown around the channel for anything up to 30hrs knowing that the odds are against me?

If this was the case, we would have to pick the 'best of a bad bunch' and choose a 12-16hr slot where the conditions are less windy than the other days/times. I would set off on the run and hope that the weather improves by the time I arrived in Dover.(Things could get worse). I would also risk the opportunity of the weather improving at the end of the week and missing that chance.

The best slot at the moment would to be to set off from Dover in 16mph winds at around 2am Tuesday morning, by 7am it would be 14mph and by 4pm it would be 6mph. Remember that a swim with ideal conditions would have wind below 6mph.

So am I prepared for a suicide mission? You bet ya ass!! Just drop me in the water and by hook or by crook I will get to France.

Eddie still has to speak to the boat pilot to see if he is prepared to sail in such conditions. If he is, then we are looking at a 11am run start on Sunday morning.

And to state my favourite quote, 'He who dares Rodney.....he who dares!!!"