Trina and I had signed up for the Great Scottish Swim and after tho is was cancelled, we transferred our entries to the Great Salford Swim. Much closer to home, but perhaps not so beautiful!
Juli, Nick, Trina and I set off from home about 10.30 with picnic packed and full of breakfast ready for the day. Successfully following the instructions of how to get to the Quays in Salford we pull round the corner to see load of people on the road and in the water.... queue extreme giddiness on my part!
Up and up we drove in the multi story car park trying to find somewhere to park, but this did give up a good view down onto the start line. We headed down to the quay side where hundreds of people were gathered, cheering on their friends and family as they set off into the water in 200 people 'waves'.
Soon it was our time to get changed and ready for action. Checking in and a 10 min session in the acclimatisation section we were ready to go. A brief warm up on the side and a few words of encouragement and then we were off!!!
Steady into the water as there was quite a narrow entrance, and up the quay. I took my camera with me so tried to get some shots where possible. Juli and Nick followed up on the side of the quay, taking pictures of us swimming, and I was taking pictures of them! It's amazing to have such great friends to support you at these events. makes the whole day so much easier!
Corin, Jen, Harper and Aniq also met us at the finish line. It was really lovely to see them and have so many people cheering you the last few metres!
It was cold.... but not too cold.... it was hard swimming in the waves..... but not too hard and I really enjoyed it. Trina proclaimed that she would definitely do it again too when she got out..... maybe we'll have a bigger swim group next year... any offers???
After a lovely picnic - hot soup and sandwiches to warm us up was gratefully received!
What a lovely day, well organised and fantastic friends,
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Love Iona x
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Well done and thanks for feeding, accommodating and entertaining us at the weekend.
ReplyDeleteThat's another £59 in the pot.
N&J
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