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Icicled
Bollocks to that.
Saturday saw the second initiation ceremony of recent times for Icicles of the modern lido era. Come on in - the water'slovely brrrrr!
A blue-sky day for the winter Solstice (well, the day before) and it is mornings like these that make that painful, non-lido winter existence seem almost bearable. The summer months somehow don't seem so far away, and the clock officially starts the countdown for yet another summer season poolside in South London.
The reality of the Icicles '08 was a relatively warm winter dip. Pool temperatures of seven degrees (thirteen for anyone enjoying the mince pies from the surrounds,) hardly fits in with Icicle folklore of old. I had to be restrained from reaching for my factor 40.
I managed a couple of dips, in-between the social catch up with my fellow Brockwell summer friends as we looked ahead to five months time. Fusion was hoping for at least one hundred Icicles this year, with all money raised going to Help the Aged.
Target met, body icicled, mince pies eaten poolside.
It's all downhill from here...
Full flickr pictures over HERE.
Plus: UK Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting, 2009 [pdf].
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| Sunday 21 December, 2008 |
Bollocks to that.
Saturday saw the second initiation ceremony of recent times for Icicles of the modern lido era. Come on in - the water's
A blue-sky day for the winter Solstice (well, the day before) and it is mornings like these that make that painful, non-lido winter existence seem almost bearable. The summer months somehow don't seem so far away, and the clock officially starts the countdown for yet another summer season poolside in South London.
The reality of the Icicles '08 was a relatively warm winter dip. Pool temperatures of seven degrees (thirteen for anyone enjoying the mince pies from the surrounds,) hardly fits in with Icicle folklore of old. I had to be restrained from reaching for my factor 40.
I managed a couple of dips, in-between the social catch up with my fellow Brockwell summer friends as we looked ahead to five months time. Fusion was hoping for at least one hundred Icicles this year, with all money raised going to Help the Aged.
Target met, body icicled, mince pies eaten poolside.
It's all downhill from here...
Full flickr pictures over HERE.
Plus: UK Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting, 2009 [pdf].
technorati: brockwell icicles
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