Intrepid wild swimmer and club member Ros Hardiman hopes to be taking on the challenges of Loch Ness this summer. She is due to ‘meet the monster’ in an encounter planned for late June / early July.
Whilst there is no guarantee of being allowed to swim any part of the great Loch, the Paralympian swimmer will take her chances! Training continues at Dover, where this photograph was taken.
The club fully supports her efforts, and is looking to use the personal challenge to raise awareness of the WaterAid project in Rwanda we are supporting.
For instance, the WaterAid project aims to reach 81,900 primary school children, which is about one for every metre around the loch (approximately 72,600m based on its full length and widest point). The project plans to install rainwater harvesting systems in 41 schools; and a further 11 schools will be connected to nearby municipal piped water systems. For 30 schools without, there will be toilet blocks built, each with eight stalls. At all 82 schools the project will establish and train hygiene clubs, and train 164 teachers to be water, sanitation and hygiene champions in their schools.