I have a cunning plan!

 So I've sent my entry and paid my fee for the 2024 Challenge.

What??

He's a teacher ... teachers can't do the Challenge because it's in May and their holidays aren't. What on earth is going on, I hear you ask?

Well, like I said ... I have a cunning plan!

I plan to be "between jobs" in May ... I will be leaving my current job at Easter at the latest, and will be looking for a new job to start in September, surviving on my pension and tutoring and maybe some supply and GCSE examining over the summer. 

That will mean that I am free in May, and can attempt my 12th crossing. I miss it ... and right now I need it ... so I'm going to do it. And my route is going to be quirkier, zanier than ever. (Spoiler ... I plan not just to beat the record for the most ferry crossings in any one Challenge ... I mean to absolutely SMASH IT TO PIECES!!!)

Mad? Me? You've all met me, right ... 

So what happened in 2017?

 Well, I entered the 2017 Challenge ... destined to be my last for a while as I was planning a career change and due to go to Warwick University to re-train as a teacher. And teachers cannot do the Challenge due to its timing. 

I duly completed my 11th crossing ... but where from and where to and what I did along the way I cannot rightly say. You see, what with all the hassle of moving to Coventry (and NO ... before you say it, or even think it, I was NOT sent there!) and gettibg set up for my course and all that stuff ... I never actually uploaded all the photos I had taken onto my computer. And as for my maps and route notes, where are they now? I cannot rightly say.

So let's just say I did my final Challenge in 2017 and leave it at that, shall we?

Well ... no ... read on, dear reader!