A swim in the Irish Sea

St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge

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July 17th 2016
After 24 hours in planes and 3 hours on trains, we finally arrived in St Bees. A quaint seaside town, with 3 pubs and a deli. We met up with David & Kym, & headed to the Irish Sea, to select our stone that we would transport the Atlantic Ocean on the East coast, as tradition dictates. But today, we started a new tradition, starting the C2C with a swim in the Irish Sea, which naturally needs a s ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more