The speaker for the May meeting will be cross channel swimmer Hannah Parker.

Last September Hannah Parker became the 2631st person to swim the English Channel, covering a total distance of 48 miles and spending just under 15 hours in the water. A passionate swimmer all her life, Hannah grew up in and around Saffron Walden, having her first swimming lessons at the Lord Butler Leisure Centre where she swam with the Saffron Seals. The journey to achieving this incredible feat of mental and physical endurance was a long and arduous one – made longer and harder by the Covid-19 pandemic – and the day itself was fraught with challenges as the swimmers and boats found themselves at the mercy of the volatile winds and currents.