Roger starts record bid

Tuesday 30th August 2011, 10:24AM BST.

Roger Allsopp leaves Shakespeare Beach in Dover, Kent, as he sets out on his challenge to become to oldest person to swim the English Channel. (Picture by PA)

AFTER a week of waiting, Roger Allsopp’s record-breaking Channel swim attempt finally got under way today.

Five years after his first Channel swim, the 70-year-old retired surgeon is aiming to become the oldest person to complete the challenge.

Conditions were calm when he set off from Shakespeare Beach, near Dover, at 8am. He is raising money for charity Hope for Guernsey, which supports the Wessex Medical Trust.

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John

August 30, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Good luck Roger

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Sue Ryde

August 31, 2011 at 4:25 pm

Would you please publish the address to which donations can be sent reference Roger Allsopp’s Channel swim for Hope for Guernsey.

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