Head above water: a local swimmer’s cold, quiet, almost

Head above water: a local swimmer’s cold, quiet, almost

It is choppier than forecasted in the English Channel, and it is colder than usual at this time of the year, but the French coastline finally comes into view – there is hope. Bethany Forster speeds up. The reality soon creeps in. She has been staring at a piece of land for too long. “I’d forgotten about the whole S shape. I forgot we’re kind of going parallel to the coastline in a way,” she later recalls. “I was like, man, I’m not getting any cl…