BBC News writes that he ended his swim yesterday 2.3 miles short of his scheduled finish in ‘a lot of pain’ – he had swam 17 miles though!
The eight day swimathon will see the Little Britain star paddle 140 miles (225km) through British countryside and ending up at Big Ben next week.
‘I must be a masochist,’ he said. ‘I wanted to do something else and I’d just turned 40 and I thought I haven’t got much time left because my body is falling apart.
‘I thought I better get on and do something because one day it’s going to be too late.
At least this swim has a lot more scenery and support when compared to his cross Channel swim in 2006:
‘The nice thing about this, as opposed to the Channel, is the people can come out and see you. And seeing this part of the country.’
But he does have to dodge the odd psycho swan: When I got here last night there were about 30 swans and I have been attacked by swans in the training, so I am actually quite nervous about them," the comedian said.
‘When they’re coming towards you fluffing their wings and hissing when you’re in the water, it’s quite scary.’
You can donate to David Walliams River Thames swim here.
Go on Dave!
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