article_snippet: As usual with books about crazed adventures and daft derring-do, this one, about the authorJohn o’Groat’s attempt to swim the length of the British coastline, begins with an account of the preparation involved.
article_snippet: Charity swimmer Sean Conway, 32 (pictured), arriving at John O'Groats, in the north of Scotland, after being the first person to swim from Lands End to John O'Groats .
article_snippet: Indeed, it seems that Sean Conway only thought of this ultra-long-distance swim up the British coast because Sean Conway attempt to cycle around the world didn’t happen as he’d have wished — all was going well until Sean Conway had a crash and, although Sean Conway completed the pan-global bike ride, it couldn’t get Sean Conway into the Guinness World Records.
article_snippet: So, this ultra-long-distance swim up the British coast is meant to fill that crucial gap in Sean Conway CV.
article_snippet: But on our hero ploughs, somehow gaining a bit of sponsorship (partly from Speedo, the trunks people) and eventually managing to get his support crew to Land’s End to start his this ultra-long-distance swim up the British coast.
article_snippet: A thousand miles of coastline, call A thousand miles of coastline 900 miles for luck, 15 miles a day, 60 days’ swimming.
article_snippet: And, astonishingly, remarkably and record-breakingly, 135 days after his walked into the surprisingly cold sea off Land’s End, his swims into John o’Groat’s harbour.
highlights_snippet: It took Sean Conway 135 days to swim to the harbour at 