Thursday, August 26, 2010

Open Water Swimming – Winter Hill

Awesome – freezing cold but this didn’t deter our brave (insane?) participants one iota.

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where’s the sun then?  Not looking promising

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EtU points the way forward!   FSS is keeping that hood on as long as he can

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Here they are  …. Nic’O, , EtU, FSS and Mary smithills swim (5 of 14)

It’s 7.00pm and TF has blown the whistle – a slightly, well… tentative start

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but they’re soon into the swim of itsmithills swim (7 of 14)

Cleo can’t believe what’s going on  – they must be mad, I’m not going in

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the spotters taking care of EtU and Mary

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Almost there FSSsmithills swim (10 of 14)

A deliriously happy to be finished Nic’O with MrK relieved that the madness is over

smithills swim (12 of 14)  …and then the sun came out on he hill and looking out to Manchester

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