Day 193 - Monday 21st February 2011

A sea swim today and a welcome back to Bog Bob from his trip to somewhere exotic on work – how the other half live! Very nice to see him back, a lot of him by all accounts; perhaps about 4lb more than before he went! Must have been some good eating over there!!

A slightly different swim this morning as it was all about helping Paul with some photos.

The story is as thus: Paul Farrington from the BSC is trying to organise for 24th September on a low neap tide to create a human chain; this will involve holding hands from Palace Pier to West Pier! Approximately 1200 - 1500 people will be needed to take part in this event in order to raise money for the charity Aspire. Participants will be asked to donate £10 to enter this event via the Club's website. This morning (21st) at 7.15 a.m. we had a very low tide (0.3) and the wind was calm. Kevin Meredith, one of our esteemed members and photographer extraordinaire, agreed to produce some photographs which Paul can use for posters and promotion. So at 7.15am today we created a smaller version of the chain in time for him to capture his vision of this event. So there we were, some 15 of us (always a good turnout for a photo shoot) all lines up holding hands standing in the sea. That’s fine of course, apart from the 6 degree water eating away at our feet and ankles! After about 12 minutes I was ready to say “I’m done”, but luckily Kevin sensed this and took the last one. At this point about 10 of them carried on in for a swim. However I was, by now, freezing and late for the office, so it was a quick dive under the water and then back to the Arch quickly for a shower and warm up.

Being a member of BSC has certainly has brightened up my Monday mornings no end!