Bethan Grimshaw

Swim 8km in March 2025

My Activity Tracking

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kms

My target 8 kms

Knee Injection Today

Steroid injection today means no swimming for 2 days - however I snuck in a 1km swim before my appointment today! London is opening up to Spring and this is the view when I left the pool this morning - figured it was a nicer photo than my swollen knee!! 

Day 2

An early morning swim before - 1 km swum. Felt like swimming through treacle today - no idea why! Anyway swim done! 

Day One

No better place to start the challenge than the Oasis outdoor pool on a a bright Sunday morning! The pool is a short walk away from GOSH and It is aptly named - a wonderful Oasis in central London! It's not the place for distance swimming, but today I managed 30 lengths of the 27.5 m outdoor pool - all underneath a glorious blue sky ! 

I’m swimming 8km in March for GOSH Charity! 

I’m challenging myself to swim 8km this March to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity).

Childhood is special. It should be a time of joy, wonder, curiosity and fun. Of making friends, making mistakes, and growing into the adults we become. But it’s also fragile, and sometimes all too brief.

That’s why Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity raises funds to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer. For the children from all over the UK who are treated by Great Ormond Street Hospital every day, for children with rare or complex illnesses everywhere, for this generation and all those to come. Because no childhood should be lost to serious illness.

And with every kilometre I swim, and every pound raised, we’ll be helping to give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood possible.

Please help me to achieve my goal by giving whatever you can; no amount is too small to make a difference.

My Achievements

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25% target met

50% target met

75% target met

100% target met

First donation

£50 raised

£100 raised

£150 raised

£250 raised

£400 raised

£500 raised

£600 raised

2km

4km

6km

8km

Thank you to my Sponsors

£50

Judith Gregory

Good luck with your swimming Bethan x

£50

Mum And Dad

Best of luck

£40

Margot Hodgson

You can do it Auntie Bethan!! We love you!

£40

Stephen Gregory

Good Luck B x

£30

Anonymous

£30

Sue

What a fantastic thing to do!

£30

Iain Edwards

Very best of luck, Bethan!

£30

Suzanne (favourite Cousin)

Welll done B!! You are amazing xxx

£30

Thomas Bolton

£20

Suz (aka The Other Suzanne)

Good on you, B!

£20

Jean Dennis

£20

Alison And Phil

Good luck Bethan! x

£20

Rich Chadwick

£20

Joanna Zegota

Thank you, Bethan, for fundraising for GOSH. It is a great challenge, but you have always been amazing, and as I can see, you are smashing the target because everyone knows your dedication to what you do. Best wishes xxx

£20

Steve Morris

Keep Swimming!

£13

Steve

Swim like the wind!!!

£10

Rachel Murphy

Good luck Bethan! Xx

£10

Lindsy Slamon