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@dooks
*facepalm. I mean he seems like a really nice man and he's obviously incredibly fit and seriously tough but a big part of me just gets annoyed at this kind of stunt. The prole in me thinks that only rich idle poshos ever get round to doing this sort of thing because... well the rest of are busy working. And that annoys me. And now you tell me he can't even swim properly... I think I could get behind a nice, idle, posho doing this if they were a swimmer, ex-swimmer, or had some sort of connection or affinity with swimming but this just sounds annoying. And how can it be "the culmination of a lifelong dream" if in the course of his life he never bothered to learn to swim properly? Gah. Whatever.
I just got in from Otter. 1 hour 45 session andIi made it to the end for the first time. Woo and indeed Hoo. I have no idea what the set was because i was just about hanging on the back of the lane desperately trying to keep up and didn't have the mental wherewithal to remember it. bit of fly, lots of speedplay, lots of kick, i enjoyed it. might well go again tomorrow.
now i've rehydrated with good stuff it's reward beer time.