Meet Neil Gilson, the 40-year-old former international swimmer from Devon who has completed an extraordinary endurance challenge, swimming across Switzerland’s 10 largest lakes over two summers. Together, the crossings covered about 230 miles (370km), culminating in a gruelling 45-mile swim across Lac Léman, also known as Lake Geneva, that lasted just over 22 hours.

Neil Gilson completes 230-mile challenge after a ‘tough’ 22-hour crossing of Lac Léman

Meet Neil Gilson, the 40-year-old former international swimmer from Devon who has completed an extraordinary endurance challenge, swimming across Switzerland’s 10 largest lakes…