Seven hours and a few more to go

Murph has now been swimming for seven hours and updates from the boat are all good. His stroke is still looking strong and he is feeding well. He is on track for an eleven hour swim depending on currents.

You may have seen him appearing on the nine news today and he will be happy about that - if we have all learnt one thing on his channel challenge it's that he loves being in front of a camera!

Here are some photos taken this morning:

Team Renford

Murph getting the final smearing of grease by Errol (managers get all the fun jobs)

Murph talking to the pilot Dave Whyte prior to the swim

Murph giving the pilot and Channel Swimming Federation observer the signal that he is ready to start

Murph leaving the shores of England (no it's not a extremely hairy back, it's the wool fat!)

Swimming for a minute.....over 600 minutes to go!