Hello Mum!

How do you know when someone is a cold-water swimmer … because they tell you!  Yes, I know it’s a bit of a cliché and there we go.  I love this photo.  It was taken by Harry Husband, if you look carefully in the river, there are two blobs, that’s my friend Stan and me.  I’m incredibly lucky to swim with Stan, he’s trained as a cold-water life guard. 

Stan and I swim together weekly, the sweetest thing is that Moss and Harry Husband are great supporters of our endeavours.  When we walk into the water (which is the hardest bit) Moss watches us intently, as soon as we start to swim she roars off upstream to the pontoon, where she knows we will either rest or get out.  As she runs to meet us she won’t be distracted by anything.  It’s deeply gratifying to see such a clear demonstration of Moss’s loyalty. 

I’m hoping that one day she will join us in the river, if we can do it safely of course.  I guess the middle of winter is not exactly the right time to start though.

AJK