Riverside, Norwich 4th November Day78

In Norwich, waiting for new baby to arrive. Due date was yesterday, still no sign. We take little E out for a swim at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Norwich - a very attractive modern pool with a sweeping asymetrical curved roof, clad in cedar wood. Inside it has a large trainer pool in which I swim about 50m with E in her new float filled swim togs, then her Dad takes her out and I do another 200m in the big pool:

250m

Back to basics 29th Oct Day 72

Local pool, steady lengths. 20 x 25m                                                  500 m

dreaming of the sea..........

Sea swimming 27th Oct Day 70

Lulworth Cove, Dorset, Saturday afternoon 27th October. Lots of people walking on the beach, everyone dressed up warmly against the cold. A bright sunny day, and I knew the water would be warmer than it looked at this time of the year. So I went for a swim. It was bliss. I reckon about 10 x 15m = 150m

Getting out and dressed again was hard!

To warm up I walked over to Durdle Door and back. Beautiful.

A pool to myself! 26th Oct Day 69

It's Friday afternoon and I get the chance to swim at St Edward's pool (the private club in the school grounds). A friend is going to the gym and signs me in on a guest pass. It's a gorgeous afternoon yet I have the outdoor pool to myself for 30 mins or so. Lots of people use it in the summer, but find the walk outdoors to the pool too challenging. I find that the slight chill in the air only makes the water feel warmer: it is the contrast in temperature I like - getting warm after being chilled is lovely! One swim lane is in full sunshine. I swim 30 lengths (x 20m) and get some instructions from the life guard. My front crawl shows some improvement today.

600m