What is Nicola training for?

Nicola's next goal will be a swim from Jersey to France, a distance of some 18 miles (although of course tidal push and pull may add more distance to the swim). She'll start near St Catherine's Harbour on Jersey's northeast coast and land somewhere on France's Normandy coast.

Nicola was booked to do this swim in 2008 but poor weather meant she didn't get the chance to start. So it's now top of her (extensive) to-do list!

Only 12 people have done this swim so far. If forced to hazard a guess, Nicola would say it should take her between eight and 10 hours (but she really, really hates to tempt fate). Like a Channel swim, J2F swims are done without wetsuits and the swimmer can't stop during the swim.