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31st August 2015
Wild - Open Water Swimming: Aberystwyth Wind Direction: Calm Wind Stength: Calm Surf / Sea State: Calm Air Temperature: 14ºC Sea Temperature: 17ºC Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered:
A lovely swim with a big group of people, so the usual social gathering
before hand and mutual assistance of zipping up wetsuits etc and a fair bit
of stopping and chatting on the way from South Brach around to North
Beach.
This time though we were heading further north to Clarach. We stopped by
Consti to look for others who were supposed to be joining us but no sign of
them so continued on our way. We were getting a little split up by now as
we were all swimming at different paces but most people were together and
those that were a little slower had worn fins so were actually swimming
faster than many. I was swimming in the shadow of the rocks and out at the
front but stopped every now and then to wait for others to catch up. Morgan
and I then spotted Helen and probably Larry or Richard a little further out
and continuing to swim north so we decided to continue on to Clarach and
all re-group there. The others behind us were all in little groups too.
As I got to Clarach before the others I decided to do a little loop of the
bay and then loop back to them on the beach where we all gathered for a
little natter. We were joined by Alistair who had indeed decided to join us
from Consti after all, but hadn't seen us coming so left after us and tried
to catch us up. After about 10-15 mins on the beach at Clarach some people
were getting cold so started to head off. I'd told the others I had to be
back at South beach for 10:30 so now only had 45 minutes to get back which
should be doable if I didn't stop too much. I told them I'd swim back out
in front ahead of them on my own so not to worry about me during the head
counts on the way back and I headed off. Helen came with me in the end as
she was feeling cold and didn't want to wait around getting colder. The
swim back was good, not too much trouble from the currents and all at a
nice steady pace so that Helen and I arrived back at South Beach just after
10:30 with a total time of 1:58 and around 7km covered it wasn't a bad pace
for the distance, especially when you factor in the stops on the way to
Clarach and 15 minutes or so chatting on the beach in Clarach as well.
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