George has the day off school (it's closed to students for staff training) so we go to Norwich to see Katie, Stefan and baby E. Not a bad journey - just over 4 hours via London and Cambridge. Katie is on maternity leave from work again, ready for the next baby, so free all day (Friday) with baby E. We go to the park nearby, and then I go for out for a coffee at Stephanie's Cafe - a regular haunt of mine - great coffee (thanks Karen!) and George has a much needed haircut, leaving Katie to have a rest while Nell is asleep (can't keep calling her baby E as she approaches 2 yrs of age and sisterhood!).
After lunch we all go to the nearby UEA sports centre, and the Bernard Matthews olympic size pool. (B'ootiful!). Kate keeps an eye from the gallery while George, Nell and I head for the water.
I swim 20 lengths! Not, I hasten to add, of the full 50m length! There is a movable gantry (with starting blocks on) dividing the pool in half, so I'm doing 25 m lengths, some of them involve swimming while pushing Nell in a sit-in ring. George is brilliant with her - there's a lot of laughing and mucking about. He also gives me a demonstration of good breathing technique for the front crawl, before taking Nell to meet Katie in the changing rooms, as she can't stay in too long as the water is quite cool - intended for serious swimming - so they get out earlier leaving me to complete my lengths.
20 lengths x 25m = 500mt
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