Pretty excellent swim this morning. Kate Baddock was swimmer of the day today when the fish were out. The sun was out. The water was warm and clear. The waves were breaking but softly.
320 swimmers
6 newbies
Antony is back after a little break. Good decision
Ronald came from Austria and has BB swimwear
Ronald from Austria with BB swimwear. So international
Peter Anthony whose identity I stole yesterday because he does an excellent blog, here with Penny who was swimmer of the day yesterday
Martin and Rob and NOT Jim who is elusive
Angela is back!
Bernhard and Dorsett. Glad to see you after such a time away Bernhard
A swimmer who has come from Andorra – I did not get the name as I was trying to remember the country name! 
Two swimmers with great Garmins. Mine is obviously faulty as it shows me not improving my times.
Javier back from the wedding – it was fabulous
Off we go to swim.
Another capless swimmer
Early swimmer Fiona crossing with the 7 am
Some underwater technique
a doubler
some fish photos. There were LOTS of fish today
A great way to start the day
Furthest swimmer is Paul Every. He is preparing for an extraordinary swim between the two main Japanese Islands, The Tsugaru Channel according to Google. I had not heard of it before but what an event. Good luck Paul.
Even so, I think the only reason that Sue Marinan is not the furthest swimmer is because she has gone to New Zealand (may have swum there; I don’t know).
Stats
What I have been reading this week: The Boys In the Boat about a team of rowers who went to the 1936 Olympics. Thanks for the tip Justus. It is a fabulous read about the preparation for the event but also the historical setting in which it occurred – west coast USA during the depression and Nazi Germany. And I didn’t even have a particular interest in rowing but now I do.
7 comments
Jenny ((:
21/04/2017 at 10:42 am
Congrats on Edwina ticking over 500😍🏊😍well done🐬🐬
Paul
21/04/2017 at 11:02 am
And Gemma too. Congrats, ladies.
Bill McCaffeine
21/04/2017 at 11:08 am
Great Blog Elizabeth, very informative and entertaining
edwina harrison
21/04/2017 at 11:46 am
I had Gemma and Pauline to keep me company 🙂 lucky to still have beautiful conditions.
edwina harrison
21/04/2017 at 11:46 am
love it as always. and can’t wait to hear about Paul’s swim later in the year.
Lainey Loo
21/04/2017 at 6:38 pm
Sue Marinan may have swam to NZ, you are funny Elizabeth! Well done Edwina, Gemma and Paul. Great blog again.
Erick
15/02/2021 at 8:27 am
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