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Adventurewok I'm a yoga & dance teacher with a love of the outdoors & photography. How lucky we are to have this wonderful countryside on our doorstep. Let's explore more �

so my aim is to get people out walking or swimming & enjoy the beauty on their doorstep, with the added incentive of homemade cake! ��� what's not to like! I've always loved walking; going on adventures, but in 2015 I stepped it up a gear to train for the Thames path challenge 100k in 24 hours. I came in just under that , but the hours of training walks really gave me a new look at Kent.

05/10/2026

Visitors are able to take a look at the fantastic grounds 👀

03/10/2026
You can feel the end of summer… but still 18.5 in the water 💦
03/10/2026

You can feel the end of summer… but still 18.5 in the water 💦

End of my birthday week swim at west beach Whitstable- spectacular sunset 🌅
03/10/2026

End of my birthday week swim at west beach Whitstable- spectacular sunset 🌅

A great day out at Chatham dockyard on a call the midwife tour- you get full access to the site also but we ran out of t...
03/10/2026

A great day out at Chatham dockyard on a call the midwife tour- you get full access to the site also but we ran out of time to see everything sadly

I swear I’m getting worse at getting in - still 19 degrees at walmer . Lovely and clear
22/09/2026

I swear I’m getting worse at getting in - still 19 degrees at walmer . Lovely and clear

15/09/2026

Sarah Thomas's face told the story before she even spoke. Swollen, salt-scoured, streaked with sunblock and lanolin—this wasn't the face of someone who'd just accomplished something routine. She'd just become the first person ever to swim the English Channel four times without stopping.

The plan was 80 miles. The currents had other ideas, pushing her so far off course that she actually covered around 130 miles. Fifty-four hours and ten minutes in the water. More than two full nights. Every 30 minutes, her crew handed her small doses of protein drink with electrolytes and caffeine on a pole. She never touched the boat—one touch would've ended everything.

On the final leg, a jellyfish stung her in the face.

She almost quit after the third crossing. Her team had to talk her into going back out for the fourth. When she finished, she said she was just numb.

Here's what makes this even more remarkable: a year before this swim, Thomas had been undergoing surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy for breast cancer. The diagnosis came just two months after she'd set a world record for the longest unassisted open water swim. Three years later, she went back out and became the first person to swim the North Channel both ways—Ireland to Scotland and back, 69 kilometers in water even colder than what had nearly broken her before.

This isn't just about pushing physical limits. It's about what happens when someone refuses to let circumstances define their future.

Grabbed a bit of Saturday sunshine ☀️ 19.5 in at walmer
13/09/2026

Grabbed a bit of Saturday sunshine ☀️ 19.5 in at walmer

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