Brecon trio completes 150‑mile swim, raises £14,500 for cancer centre

Brecon trio completes 150‑mile swim, raises £14,500 for cancer centre

Three Brecon women have completed a 150‑mile open‑water swim to raise funds for Velindre Cancer Centre, surpassing £14,500 in donations. The trio, who call themselves the Splash Dragons, swam a route that traced the distance between London and Cardiff, tackling a series of lidos and lakes along the way. Each swimmer covered fifty miles, averaging six kilometres a day for fourteen consecutive days, ultimately logging 162 miles in total. “It was r…