{"id":7141,"date":"2012-07-25T10:13:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T10:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nearpodcast.org\/pcast\/?p=7141"},"modified":"2012-07-25T10:13:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T10:13:22","slug":"fergal-somerville-and-the-north-channel-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=7141","title":{"rendered":"Fergal Somerville and the North Channel Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fergal Somerville tells Noel McGuinness about his recent attempt to swim from Donaghadee, Co. Down across the North Channel to the coast of Scotland.\u00a0 He describes how the weather turned against him and after one and a half hours into the swim he was forced to abandon it.\u00a0 Not only had the wind strengthened, the water had developed a ten foot swell and became too dangerous for both himself and the accompanying boat.\u00a0 Fergal is raising funds for the Aislinn Adolescent Addiction Service.\u00a0 He is keeping up the training regime and hoping to attempt the swim again within the next few weeks.\u00a0 Best of luck Fergal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1635\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/fergalsomerville2.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1635','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/fergalsomerville2.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/fergalsomerville2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=7141-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/fergalsomerville2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"fergalsomerville2.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 12:53 &#8212; 11.8MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fergal Somerville tells Noel McGuinness about his recent attempt to swim from Donaghadee, Co. 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