Things That Gladden The Heart

Rooter said:
More of a modified doggy paddle, mixed in with a thrashing of arms and legs... Its blur of splashing and spluttering.

Swimming is my weakest suit! And I can currently only get 1 hour of lake swimming a week..
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My one and only half IM was the first time I've managed to somehow stand upright in deep water and should "for...sake...will you stop swimming over the top of me"! The scrum at the start is one thing but the organisers started the elite wave first on a 3 lap swim and then us lot. So we got caught and swam over by the elite guys - repeatedly. I was getting more and more angry as I got punched and kicked and swallowed copious amounts of filthy lake water!
 
First game of Bowls yesterday. Club only allowing single bounce games.
Just me and my neighbour, socially distancing was easy. Only two members on the green.
Lost the first 5 ends, won the next 5, nip and tuck to the last end at 19-18 against then lost........great sport.(y)
 
Seeing a 74 year old cancer survivor who had been shielding out on the course. Not sure if this is against government advice or not but just cheered me up inside to see him enjoying the game he loves. That and we've bought a new (well an ex-demo with 875 on the clock) car
 
a juvenial seal swimming up the River Ness into the Islands today, can;t report what the fisherman standing in the middle of the river said rather loudly as it popped its head up next to him, or i'd have to give myself an infraction.

unusual for this time of year as the sea is a good 3/4 miles away
 
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