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The Channel coast air and as Peter says, "the fine people of Shepway", have apparently paid off for the 14 times successful channel swimmer, who is relaxing in Folkestone and already planning his 2009 channel swim.

Peter Jurzynski,  has managed to resume swimming this year at the Folkestone Sports Centre after undergoing heart by-pass surgery just 12 weeks ago.

In preparation for next year, a confident Peter has arranged with Mike Oram his pilot from the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation for the times of the neap tides on 13 to 20 July 2009 in readiness for his next Channel swim.

Peter said: "It started in 1985 visiting the late Ray and Audrey Scott who lived at Sunny Bank, Alkham Valley Road in Hawkinge.

They were the heads of the swimming group and all swimmers visited them prior to a swim. I fell in love with Folkestone then and to this day I find it to be a refreshing and unique place."

Peter said that when he arrived in Folkestone on July 31 he did a lot of walking and explained: "Last week I began very light swimming at the Folkestone Sports Centre. I am limiting my swimming to very light swims of short duration. My doctors say that I can swim in 2009.

"I will undergo numerous tests and I am certain that they will continue to be fine."