The weather was a little frisky for our swim on Tuesday and I had to resort to front crawl on the way back from the far end to avoid being smacked round the face by a succession of waves and swallowing more lake than usual. But at 7 degrees it’s still colder than it was at the start of January and front crawl is very cold on the face. There is only on solution to this ongoing problem of what I think is a pretty cold spring: cake is compulsory until the lake reaches at least double figures…

March Winds