Hello all.
I am still going to attempt to swim the Solent in August. I might drown as my training has taken a high board dive. I’ve cracked my ribs so have been out the pool for 3 weeks. Not good.
But anyway, you can donate. Click here to read all about the swim. You can donate there too!
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Oi.
I hope you are all well and smiling.
I am somewhat nauseous at the minute. It’s one of the main symptoms of having a nicely cracked rib.
I came back to Beach Soccer at the weekend for the first time in almost 2 seasons. It was great to be back and performed pretty well in two victories. 7-2 and 7-4. However, while diving at an attackers feet, I took a nasty knee to my ribs.
Because I’ve had so much surgery, my pain threshold is pretty high. I picked myself up and got on with the game. Unfortunately the pain increased over the following couple of days and a trip to A&E confirmed a crack.
My major problem now is that this throws almost everything into doubt.
I have two Beach Soccer games this Saturday, two Isle of Wight Festival slots the following weekend before heading off to Italy to compete in the Beach Soccer European Cup. That’s not to mention the fact that my Swimming/Gym training has now taken a Titanic style nosedive.
I am a positive person generally and I heal pretty quickly. So I figured I’d spend a couple of days reading through my book and changing a few bits before proof reading. That’s where the nauseous part comes in. I laid down for a 10 minute rest at about 2pm yesterday and woke up at half 7.
I’ve tried again today and managed to get through a couple of chapters before feeling too sick to concentrate. How annoying is that!?
I’m hammering painkillers and hoping I’ll be alert and on form for Tomorrows G and Tippers Show. We have Jason Perry from A on the show.
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Hey all,
Last night I got some very sad news. The poor puppy was born but didn’t survive. Poor thing.
This week is a crazy busy week for myself and the G & Tippers Show.
Today I get straight back in the pool after a couple of days off. I’ll get another kilometre under my belt as well as a gym session. Then tomorrow, my coach Serena is upping the anti and pushing me to 75 lengths of the pool. That’s 1500 metres without stopping. It probably doesn’t sound that much to some of you, but a strong swimmer I am not! Click here to read all about my charity swim attempt. It’s pretty dangerous.
On Tuesday I’ll be (fingers crossed) completing the 1500 metres and then hitting Tims to record a G and Tippers advert. On the show this week we’ll be writing a song on air. All we need from you, the listeners are the lyrics.
You can email a single line to gandtippers@vectisradio.com or tweet us at www.twitter.com/gandtippers.
Wednesday is International Missing Childrens Day. The Forever Searching Charity are doing a balloon launch from St Thomas’s Square in Newport, Isle of Wight. Check out the facebook group here for details.
Thursday is the G and Tippers show on www.vectisradio.com from 7pm to 10pm BST.
And then on Friday me and Tim are playing an acoustic Charity Show at The Wight Rock Bar in Ryde, Isle of Wight. Two Island girls are raising money to fly out to Malawi and help Aids victims by volunteering in an Aids hospital there. It is an excellent cause and well worth your help.
Check out the Shows page.
Be safe. x