Saturday 10 May 2008

Walliams completes swim to Africa

Walliams completes swim to Africa



Little U.K. star topology Saint David Walliams and Olympic rower James River Cracknell today completed their swim to Africa in aid of the UK charity Sport Relief.
The pair crossed the 12-mile Pass of Rock of Gibraltar in quaternion hours, 36 minutes.
They set away from Tarifa, southern Spain, and last reached dry out nation at Punta de Cires in Al-Magrib.
36-year-old Walliams was get the best with malady during the drown just carried on, and the duette also encountered a pod of whales.
They were cheered on by Cracknell's wife, TV conferrer Beverley Turner, and 'Dragons' Den' star Theo Paphitis, world Health Organization arrived in a racing yacht to lend his support.
The journey was the final stage of Cracknell's Cross-Continent Challenge.
The 35-year-old had already rowed 22 miles across the Channel and cycled 1,395 miles through and through France and Espana to strive today's starting point in time.