大象传媒

We are finally in after acclimatising in Macau and we are on to the serious bit - the Games themselves.

My flight from London to Hong Kong was great. I upgraded to business class (or World Traveller Plus, as it is called now) and it was amazing.

I felt like a bit of a though as I had never flown business class before and was a bit out of place, but it was good.

Now the Olympics are over it is full steam ahead for the and the nerves are starting to kick in a bit more.

We headed off to on Saturday for our pre-Games training camp which is an important part of our final preparations and will help us to adjust to the conditions we will experience in Beijing.

It takes a lot of time for me to acclimatise, as it does for a lot of cerebral palsy athletes, so it is nice to get over there early and not feel tired when it comes to the competition.

I am a Paralympic swimmer, originally from Colchester but now living in Manchester, and Beijing will be my third Games.

I will be defending my S6 200m individual medley title, an event where I hold the world record and am the world champion.

As well as the medley, I will be competing in the S6 50m and 100m freestyle and the 50m butterfly in the Water Cube.

Away from swimming I am also a big Chelsea fan.