A ROYAL Navy veteran is set to swim the English Channel – despite being blind. Alan Lock, aged 34, will swim across the Channel in September as part of a three-person relay team to raise money for Blind Veterans UK. It will be Alan's fourth ultra-endurance challenge, having already run a six-day marathon across the Sahara, rowed the Atlantic, and skied to the South Pole. Alan, who is registered blind, decided to fund raise for Blind Veterans UK after benefiting from the charities support,...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 29 minutes ago.
A ROYAL Navy veteran is set to swim the English Channel – despite being blind. Alan Lock, aged 34, will swim across the Channel in September as part of a three-person relay team to raise money for Blind Veterans UK. It will be Alan's fourth ultra-endurance challenge, having already run a six-day marathon across the Sahara, rowed the Atlantic, and skied to the South Pole. Alan, who is registered blind, decided to fund raise for Blind Veterans UK after benefiting from the charities support,...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 29 minutes ago.