Swimming day 509 - Friday 29th June 2012

29^th June; another month gone.  Another month of work stress done and survived, always a good thing and another month closer to my channel swim; also a very good thing.

After a week of exhaustion Bob and I decided on an easier swim today; easier in terms of no long distances.  Not so easy when you see a very wavy and bumpy sea.  We never got the storm that was threatening, but we did get a very windy start to the day and a high tide; so big waves all around and a strong tidal pull to the West.  Sea temp up now to 15.9 degrees, which was welcome and air temp about 16 degrees, also welcome.  We were joined by Dr Sean and the three of us headed out to the first buoy and then the second buoy, before Sean headed back in to the safeness of the beach and the arch.  Bob and I hung out a little longer and battled the waves with some butterfly; a hard stroke, especially in a tough sea. 

Back on dry land we headed to the Red Roaster for coffee and then the day starts – let’s see what it brings!!