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BIOGRAPHY
Tim FitzHigham became a world record holder when he crossed the English Channel in a Crapper bathtub. Rowing single-handedly, he left the coast of France at 4am and arrived at Folkestone at 1pm that afternoon. He then continued the journey through Kent to Tower Bridge, tackling the final 120 miles with a broken shoulder.
To celebrate this feat of seamanship, Thomas Crapper & Co named a loo named after him - the first commemorative lavatory since Queen Victoria's Jubilee. In a similarly generous gesture Tim has published In The Bath, a handy guide to those considering following in his footsteps.
Describing himself as a 'shenaniganist', Tim stands out loud and proud in the roll call of British eccentrics. He broke a 383 year old maritime record by rowing a boat made entirely of paper 160 miles along the Thames; and he has run the longest distance in a suit of armour - across the desert plains of La Mancha in Spain.
As well as enthralling audiences with tales of his derring-do and admittedly pointless exploits, Tim has joined forces with Duncan Walsh Atkins to provide An Evening with Flanders and Swann: At the Drop of a Hippopotamus.
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Normally, I live quite a dull life. Then suddenly, in the pub, I heard myself blurting out, "I'm going to row the English Channel - in a bath!". Immediately, I encountered three major problems - 1: the English Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world. 2: The French own half of it. And 3: I can't row....
The Royal Navy decided that I should row against the traffic at right angles. That's like playing chicken on the M1 riding a snail....