May 25, 2009 - Dover week 4 - Bank Holiday Monday

Sea Temperature:  12.2C
Air Temperature:  16C
Conditions:  Variable

When we wandered down to the beach today it was raining and the rain was cold.  There weren't many swimmers (20 in total).  I'd had heartburn last night and still had a dodgy stomach today, so Freda let me off with a short swim and a yellow hat.  The task should have been feed at 2 hours and come in at 3 hours, if the weather had improved stay in for 4 hours.

Even within the space of the 1hr 10mins that I did we had a lot of variability.  When I started the water was very calm and it was raining.  After about 40 minutes the wind suddenly picked up and the flags were standing to attention.  The wind caused big rolling waves which were great fun!!  Surprisingly the wind didn't cause the windchill that I experienced last week.  I got out after a very slow 1hr 10min lap, feeling a bit better than when I went in.  I know I could have done more, maybe even 3 hours.  I'm now left wondering if the sickness was real or created in my mind.

When I got out the sun came out, the rain had stopped and the wind died down.  The water became lake like again and it became a beautiful day!!

Major task - get my head in gear!!!