Swimming day 504 - Friday 22nd June 2012

The wind doth bloweth; in fact the wind doth howlleth!!  Last night Gail was  seriously blowing; blowing so hard that she even moved our metal garden furniture to positions that she clearly thought were more suitable than the ones we’d chosen.

Luckily it was a very low tide this morning and that meant that we had a play ground to enjoy at the beach.  Big Bob and Moi were at the arch slightly earlier than usual and apart from Paul F & Shoichi already having finished we were alone – as it turned out LB, Sea and David did turn up soon after but they went to the girly beach; which meant Bob and I had our sea all to ourselves.  The wind was blowing very very strong east and the tide was keeping up with it, which meant that we go in right at the donut groin and attempted to swim West against it.  With lots of powerful strokes we eventually made it across out beach onto the next beach and a little way along, before turning and literally zooming back to the buoy on our beach.  The waves were coming thick and fast and some really did bash you and spin you over, however the low tide meant that they were not full of water and not dangerous.  A fantastic Friday morning play and a decent shoulder workout.  You really needed to be there to understand the fun ; we really were playing in the sea like ten year old kids in a funplex; running, jumping and cheering – wonderful to be a kid again.

Afterwards, along with LB and Sean, we headed to the Roaster and had one of their best coffees for a long time, creamy and yummy and warming.  Now for me it’s off to London for Lyrics meetings all day; whilst Big Bob heads to work to count his numbers, Sean heads home to have a nap and LB rushes home to count his vegetables; aren’t we all just living the dream!