Pending ratification, 31-year-old Sophie Etheridge swam the English Channel slower than any known person in history - swimming for 29 hours - to raise money for swimmers with disabilities.
Leaky motorcycle goggles, beef tea, jellyfish and goose fat as ex-Liverpool star Graeme Souness prepares to join the hardy few who have completed the crossing, James Moore looks back at the history of this most eccentric of feats.