The Big Boxing Day Swim.....


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DAFlys Posted at 12-27 05:22
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Interesting shots DA.    Nothing like a polar dip to wake you up.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-27 05:48
Interesting shots DA.    Nothing like a polar dip to wake you up.

I'll pass if you dont mind,   but there were blent there doing it,   and at least the pocket camera on my coat mount is nicely hidden.

DAFlys Posted at 12-27 06:20
I'll pass if you dont mind,   but there were blent there doing it,   and at least the pocket camera on my coat mount is nicely hidden.

I tried the polar dip one time up in Maine and I'll not repeat that stupidity ever again.

Having the pocket camera hidden is a definite advantage.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-27 06:46
I tried the polar dip one time up in Maine and I'll not repeat that stupidity ever again.

Having the pocket camera hidden is a definite advantage.

One group had a sign up with a QR code to scan,   I whipped out my phone to scan the code and the dirty looks I was getting made me give up and walk away.

DAFlys Posted at 12-27 06:52
One group had a sign up with a QR code to scan,   I whipped out my phone to scan the code and the dirty looks I was getting made me give up and walk away.

Why would they have a sign with a QR code on it and not want people to scan it is beyond me.  

Nicely flat colors

Very interesting

That’s not for me thanks much to cold - I’d rather just take the pics

DAFlys Posted at 12-27 05:20
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That's only sensible nearer the equator

DAFlys Posted at 12-27 05:22
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Crikey!  It's an epidemic - they're like lemmings

Blériot53 Posted at 12-28 00:14
Crikey!  It's an epidemic - they're like lemmings

On New Years morning theres supposed to be a big one.      This lot had a sign up saying join the tits,    the blue tits of Leigh on sea.   

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-27 07:02
Why would they have a sign with a QR code on it and not want people to scan it is beyond me.

Indeed.   Or put it somewhere away from the swimmers in their outfits.  

Codgerzh2 Posted at 12-27 13:54
That’s not for me thanks much to cold - I’d rather just take the pics

Not for me ether.  

Blériot53 Posted at 12-28 00:12
That's only sensible nearer the equator

Keep going,    Australia Im thinking would be better.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-28 01:24
On New Years morning theres supposed to be a big one.      This lot had a sign up saying join the tits,    the blue tits of Leigh on sea.

Appropriately named in more ways than one

DAFlys Posted at 12-28 01:50
Keep going,    Australia Im thinking would be better.

There, too

Blériot53 Posted at 12-28 01:55
Appropriately named in more ways than one

Apparently it's not a local group.  thats the just the local franchise.


https://thebluetits.co

DAFlys Posted at 12-28 01:59
Apparently it's not a local group.  thats the just the local franchise.

One of the newer members of my walking group is a member of the Combs Reservoir ladies who dip.
She's nuts.

Blériot53 Posted at 12-28 02:07
One of the newer members of my walking group is a member of the Combs Reservoir ladies who dip.
She's nuts.

Perhaps thats why they chose the name bluetits.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-28 02:14
Perhaps thats why they chose the name bluetits.

I'm sure it was very tongue-in-cheek when they coined the name

Blériot53 Posted at 12-28 02:16
I'm sure it was very tongue-in-cheek when they coined the name

I was thinking it was because bluetits like nuts.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-28 02:18
I was thinking it was because bluetits like nuts.

That's rather more tenuous

DAFlys Posted at 12-28 01:26
Indeed.   Or put it somewhere away from the swimmers in their outfits.

I couldn't agree more.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-28 03:06
I couldn't agree more.

Planning on a walk there later,  if SWMBOd ever gets up.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-28 23:24
Planning on a walk there later,  if SWMBOd ever gets up.

I take it that SWMBO is not the early riser that you are.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-29 07:57
I take it that SWMBO is not the early riser that you are.

No,  only under duress.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-29 11:56
No,  only under duress.

     I had a roommate like that in college.  He could sleep through anything, including fire drill simn the dorm.  A couple of times when we had big exams first period of the day I'd have to stand back and splash him with water to wake him up. He'd come up swinging which is why I stood back.  I told him exam or sleep but I'm headed to class so you are on your on.  Sometimes he'd sleep in and miss the exam.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-30 12:27
I had a roommate like that in college.  He could sleep through anything, including fire drill simn the dorm.  A couple of times when we had big exams first period of the day I'd have to stand back and splash him with water to wake him up. He'd come up swinging which is why I stood back.  I told him exam or sleep but I'm headed to class so you are on your on.  Sometimes he'd sleep in and miss the exam.

Fortunately shes not that bad,      but she does need a "valid" reason to be up early.

DAFlys Posted at 12-30 22:50
Fortunately shes not that bad,      but she does need a "valid" reason to be up early.

Valid in her interpretation I'm sure.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-31 05:54
Valid in her interpretation I'm sure.

Absolutely DT.   With a hint of women's logic thrown in.

DAFlys Posted at 12-31 07:18
Absolutely DT.   With a hint of women's logic thrown in.

Women get guided by their feelings or emotions and that is the source of women's logic.  Feelings are the foundation of their reality.  The thing about feelings is that they change quickly from one moment to the next. Their feelings tend to be very fluid.  I'm quoting what I remember from a College Psych class I took years back.  

I was considering a dip myself today but.....
Could not push myself.

Nice capture btw.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-1 06:32
I was considering a dip myself today but.....
Could not push myself.

There was a really big swim planned for this morning down there but it was cancelled due to the weather.    The RLNI deemed it too dangerous to be in the sea.  

Montfrooij Posted at 1-1 06:34
Nice capture btw.

Thanks.   Playing with a different edit on these.  Still the minimal look just not B&W.

DAFlys Posted at 1-1 06:44
There was a really big swim planned for this morning down there but it was cancelled due to the weather.    The RLNI deemed it too dangerous to be in the sea.

Yeah, with the winds I can see why.
This would have been at a local lake.

DAFlys Posted at 1-1 06:44
Thanks.   Playing with a different edit on these.  Still the minimal look just not B&W.

I'm curious now (have not tried one myself)