Stars Staying Humble In The Irish Sea

Stars Staying Humble In The Irish Sea

The Press Association reported that the charity relay for Cancer Research UK with its famous relay members, including Ronan Keating, Jenny Frost, Pamela Stephenson, Jason Bradbury and Steve Parry, is now about 21 miles into their 56-mile swim from Holyhead in Anglesey, North Wales, to Dublin, Ireland across the Irish Sea.

While the tides and currents are giving the team quite a rough going, it is the invertebrates that are generating a lot of discussion on board.

Ronan said he spends his time avoiding ‘alien-like’ jellyfish during his legs. Jenny told the Press Association, “It was lovely in the water, but there were lots of jellyfish so it was quite scary. They are huge, like a cross between a nuclear bomb and aliens. When you come face to face with one, you just feel so vulnerable and so minuscule. It’s quite a humbling experience.”

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Steven Munatones