A 17-year-old nicknamed the 'Ginger Swimmer' has swum the English Channel - powered by Jelly Babies.
Lowenna North trained for four years clocking up countless miles both in the pool and on the Cornish coast for the 20.5m (33km) swim from Dover to Calais.
She swam for a total of 14 hours 56 minutes across the English Channel starting from Shakespeare beach in Dover at 5.30am on Saturday September 14.
Lowenna from Launceston in Cornwall arrived at around 8.30pm on Sangatte on the northern coast of France.
She says she made the epic swim powered by tins of peaches, a Milky Way bar, quiche, jelly beans - and Jelly Babies.
Lowenna North trained for four years clocking up countless miles both in the pool and on the Cornish coast for the 20.5m (33km) swim from Dover to Calais.
She swam for a total of 14 hours 56 minutes across the English Channel starting from Shakespeare beach in Dover at 5.30am on Saturday September 14.
Lowenna from Launceston in Cornwall arrived at around 8.30pm on Sangatte on the northern coast of France.
She says she made the epic swim powered by tins of peaches, a Milky Way bar, quiche, jelly beans - and Jelly Babies.
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00:00Definitely give it a try. I couldn't recommend it to anyone. Definitely give it a try and
00:21see what you think because I definitely think it's a big thing that not many people, young
00:28people realise or know that it's out there.
00:58This sport is really, really amazing, don't get me wrong, but I train with all adults,
01:10middle aged adults and as far as I'm aware I don't know anyone in Cornwall definitely
01:16that does marathon swimming the way that I do it. So, you know, I just think that one
01:27thing that I would like to get out of this swim or another thing I'd like to get out
01:31of my swim is to know that maybe I've inspired another 12-year-old girl or boy to give it
01:39a try and you never know, in four years' time they might have done it as well. I think in
01:45Cornwall there's such a big thing around football, rugby, surfing, which is great, don't get
01:52me wrong, but I just think there's sports, not only like marathon swimming, there's other
01:58sports as well that people don't know about.
02:01See you in prom! See you in prom!
02:04See you, bye!
02:08Throw yourself down!
02:53And she's off.
02:575.33, she's off.
03:23See the sun just come up in the background, looks like it's going to be a beautiful morning,
03:39beautiful day. She's walking off our swimmer.
03:46She's straight into our pod set.
03:52She's off.