What people have been saying about the 1000 year swim challenge
The 1000 year swim challenge has really captured people's imagination. Wherever I have swum, local people have thought it a great idea, and local media have turned out to cover the occasion. Here is some what can be seen on the internet.
Cherril Cliff, 'A brilliant day for the baths', Yorkshire Evening Post, 2 August 2008. Tells how the baths got saved in the 1990s, having been derelict.
Batley Baths
'Doctor advises pooling resources', Batley News, 31 July 2008.
Lucas Vale, '1,000 year swim', The Sentinel (Stoke on Trent), 13 August 2008. (video 1min 24 seconds)
Amy Edwards, '1000 year swim comes to Stoke', BBC Stoke and Staffordshire website, 21 August 2008. Includes interview with BBC Radio Stoke's Breakfast Show presenter Pete Morgan (4mins 42 seconds).