Wednesday 19 August 2009

Stunning Morning

Absolutely stunning morning today as was Tuesday. The river was calm and as we got in steam was rising up from the water creating a misty effect. As we started swimming the sun started to shine just above the tree line changing the colours on the trees and providing a little extra warmth on your back and six Canadian Geese flew over in arrowhead formation - glorious! Truly felt fortunate to be in the river this morning!

Did a solid hour this morning at a fairly consistent pace. Went right up to the weir where the view is fantastic overlooking the Compleat Angler hotel and the church. I was wondering whether it might be possible to order a croissant and coffee from the hotel as we really are not far at all from the restaurant. Not much room in a pair of speedos for a wallet though! This would be an excellent spot for some photography and may look into getting a waterproof camera so we can take some shots.

We're all set for the night swim today. 9pm meet for 9:30pm start, lets hope that today is the hot one that the forecasters are predicting so that the river is nice and warm for us. Two swims in one day as well - that hasn't happened for a long time either!

2 comments:

  1. Did anyone else notice a smokey taste near the field run-off outlets this morning?

    Looking forward to this evening - it's a beautiful day so hopefully will be a nice clear night - plenty of starlight

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  2. Yeah I did notice this too. Very charcoally kind of taste. I wondered if it was campfires or something!

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