We had no idea it was happening again this year as all has been quite on the ‘Swim to Bestival’ front, but we’ve just heard from Bestival HQ that once again, twelve braves souls will test their indurance skills and swim from Gosport to Ryde next week.
The Bestival lovers who swim for charity, Hularama, last year swam 3-½ miles across one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, brimming with sea-creatures and heavens know what else, all to get to the festival.
Whilst perusing through the names of the brave on this year’s site, we caught sight of a familiar face. Who was it? None other than St Catherine’s School Charity Director, Suzanne Hudson.
To the question why are your doing it, she replied.
Why am I doing this? Robby and the Bestival team are such fantastic supporters of St Catherine’s the charity I work for that I thought it would be great to do something in return. I regularly cross the Solent by ferry so why not take an alternative crossing to the Bestival? Will I make it? My aching muscles suggest not. However I have no option as in addition to all my friends and supporters, the children and young people at St Catherine’s will be waiting for me to arrive at Ryde beach. And they enjoyed it so much they’re going to do it again this year.
This year the swimmers are raising cash for three charities.
The first charity is Imibala: a small but worthy charity created to assist underprivileged children to access an education in South Africa.
Also having a slice of the wonga this year will be Gosport’s branch of the Chernobyl Children’s Life Line and local water based charity Island Youth Water Activities Centre (IOW) Ltd a voluntary organisation run for the benefit of all young people on the Isle of Wight.
You can donate to the causes by heading over to the official site and click on the PayPal button at the top of the page.
Sit back and admire the hard work that the swimmers went through last year, when they swan to Bestival and raised £4,000 for Marie Curie and Imibala.
