Jellyfish, ships, seasickness and fatigue. These were just some of the problems six intrepid teenagers encountered during a cross-channel swim to raise money for new science labs and IT equipment at their school.
Thirteen-year-olds Ella de Peretti, Lilly Ouldcott, Millie Elson and Minnie Fawcett-Tang are all year 9 pupils at Camden School for Girls in north London.
The other two swimmers in the Six Girls, No Buoys group were Maddy Jenkins, 13, and Felicity Challinor, 14.
After months of endurance and cold water training in the Serpentine at Hyde Park and at Dover the girls completed their 21-mile swim across the English Channel earlier this month.
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