Leaking goggles, hallucinations, seasickness and choppy tides — Bill Burgess overcame them all to swim the channel

By Gareth Dennison
Published 12th Sep 2022, 11:54 BST
Updated 12th Sep 2022, 12:00 BST
WEATHER conditions were considered satisfactory as Thomas William Burgess submerged himself in the sea at Dover at 11.55am on September 5, 1911.