A LOCAL man is to become the first person to attempt swimming the length of the Yorkshire and Humber coast.
Gary Marshall plans to swim the 100-plus miles in the sea alongside his home county coast on behalf of a mental health charity.
He is already training hard in swimming pools, lakes and the North Sea.
When he makes the mammoth attempt he will have to complete 20 miles a day in freezing cold sea water, buffeted by the weather- and strong tides.
Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle
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