Daring charity swim to cross Belfast shipping lane

By The Newsroom
Published 17th Jul 2019, 11:27 BST
Councillor Pete Johnston, Mark Loughridge, Bobbie Philips, Anthony Bannon, Michael Nugent and David McConnell are taking the cross-lough challenge.Councillor Pete Johnston, Mark Loughridge, Bobbie Philips, Anthony Bannon, Michael Nugent and David McConnell are taking the cross-lough challenge.
Councillor Pete Johnston, Mark Loughridge, Bobbie Philips, Anthony Bannon, Michael Nugent and David McConnell are taking the cross-lough challenge.
A Carrick councillor and five fellow swimming enthusiasts are to undertake a daring cross-lough charity challenge next week.

Cllr Peter Johnston and his colleagues will step off dry land at Grey’s Point at 5.30pm on Friday, July 26, and swim across Belfast Lough to the shore next to Carrickfergus Castle.

They will cover approximately of 3.75 nautical miles (7kms) in the gruelling swim across the main shipping lane to Belfast.

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