Once upon a time...

Like all good adventures, the one about to be embarked upon by Sir Tom Jones and Lord Seb Urquhart* Clark started in the pub. The conversation was as follows:

Tom: I say, my good man, I have recently felt a significant lack of vitality in my brain cells.

Seb: What you, nay, what we both need, old bean, is an adventure!

Tom: Splendid idea, Bubblebear!

Seb: But where shall we find such an adventure to invigorate and replenish the soul, as it were?

Tom: Why don't we...Go for a swim?

The rest will turn out to be history.

Actually, it happened nothing like this. An article in the London paper drew my attention to a company called Swimtrek, which organises holidays based around...well, swimming and trekking. I showed this to my two good friends, Mike and Seb, and eventually, we formulated a plan to arrange a swimtrek holiday for which we could train and prepare. Then one day, the idea to raise money for charity whilst "swimtrekking" popped into our hivemind. And so the planning was under way.

High up on the agenda was a blog, that we could all contribute to over the months leading up to our adventure, tracking our progress with training and raising money, etc. In our early communications, Seb and I were sorry to learn that Mike would not be able to join us on our adventure this time, due to problems with his shoulder not staying where shoulders should stay (By this I mean it always dislocates, not that it pops off to Tibet once a fortnight). So, our company down to two in number, we pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off, and dive in.

The blog will be colour coded, so you know who is saying what. Seb will write his posts in blue, as is the fashion these days. Tom, however, will write in green. From now on, I mean. We hope you enjoy following our adventure. Keep it ex-stream**!!

Tom \'''/

*Not his real middle name.
** I was assured, before we first met to plan our swimtrek, that the water based puns would end after this one. They didn't. In fact, the first night of planning in the pub was almost nothing but water based puns, coming from both of us.