Record breaking Kayak crossing

A girl from Enfield has become the youngest ever female to Kayak across the English Channel. Maia Wallace-Loizou did it to raise money for the The Leaside Trust, who provide outdoor activities for disadvantaged young people.

Record breaking Kayak Channel crossing

A girl from Enfield has become the youngest ever female to Kayak across the English Channel.

Maia Wallace-Loizou completed the voyage with 15-year old Dylan Barber-May to raise money for the The Leaside Trust, a charity that they both attend in Hackney.

The team setting off yesterday morning
The team setting off yesterday morning

Leaside provides outdoor activities for disadvantaged young people, including kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking and orienteering. They also take inner-city children on adventure trips all over the UK.

Mid-Channel with a ferry pictures in the background.
Mid-Channel with a ferry pictures in the background.
France's landfall in sight.
France's landfall in sight.

Dylan and Maia paddled 20 miles across the Channel in 4 hours 15 minutes

Maia Wallace-Loizou gives the thumbs up after arriving successfully
Maia Wallace-Loizou gives the thumbs up after arriving successfully