What happened to the Loch Ness swim?

Ross Edgley, 36, from Grantham, Lincolnshire, spent 52 hours and 39 minutes in the water and covered a distance of about 49 miles (79km). He ended the challenge at Fort Augustus on Friday, short of his original aim of swimming 100 miles (160km). The challenge was in support of a sea kelp conservation project.



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Loch Ness is the largest body of water in Scotland by volume and contains more water than all the Lakes in England and Wales combined. It is in fact so deep, that Loch Ness never freezes over, even in the harshest of Scottish Winters, as the water cooled from the air will sink and be replaced by hot water below it.

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Loch Ness Water's special filtering process has been developed in close conjunction with the Scottish governing food and drink agencies. Each batch of water is rigorously tested to ensure that consumers can be fully assured of the quality standards and has full traceability.

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36-year-old Ross Edgley swam continuously for 52 hours and 39 minutes, setting the record for longest swim in Loch Ness at 49 miles. It wasn't too long ago we were all hypothesizing about whether Michael Phelps could swim 100 miles in the ocean.

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In England and Wales: There is a right to swim in waters that are navigable and open to powered boats. Many have argued, based on detailed research, that there is a 'public right of navigation' on all rivers that can be navigated by any non-powered boat, and therefore a right to swim.

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