Hi, the teams first offshore swim was a bit of a dud as described earlier, but the following session at Harlyn Bay was much more promising. I think the team had been practising more between times. The swim rate was up to 2mph but the swim duration was short of the required hour. Running up and down the beach doesn't count!

The conditions for these two swims was quite poor with rain and strong winds resulting in a high windchill factor.

Last Tuesday's (21st) team swim was much more like it, with Sarah, Naomi and Emily in the water for 1.5 hrs and swimming at over 2mph. Conditions off Porthscatho were quite challenging with an offshore wind gusting to force 5, short choppy waves over a long swell and a 1 knot tide to swim against back to the beach. Life in the boat was quite interesting; my pasty nearly got wet.

Lucy seems to be sunning herself on holiday but promises to do lots of swimming and to take ice baths- who's she kidding? She will have some catching up to do when she returns.

I will keep you posted as to how this weeks team session goes, at this point the weather forecast doesn't look good so I expect we will swim in the shelter of one of the headlands from the prevailing westerly winds, either Porthscatho or Swanpool.

Len