Is this going to be a pain in the ar*e?

When the 4 souls that showed up lined up on the beach, well 3 (Russell had already gone in up to his ankles) we looked at the water and after I said the strapline above it dawned on me we had a title for this swim. the sea looked nice through those binoculars :). It was so far away I thought how are we physically going to do this. We could set a new world record for crossing the channel just by running! The nearest buoy flapped about on the sand helpless with no water to keep it afloat like a beached fish. the seagulls had flown away, nowt going on her for them. Even the little waves had given up that morning, they looked pathetic, barely creating a noise as they gently folded onto themselves. But did that deter SSF? NEVER ;-). The 4 of us waded out over rocks and seaweed and after reaching the furthest buoy (still able to touch the bottom), we turned right and swam to level with the corner beach and back again. Outbound was against the current and took 25 mins, and return leg was obviously with, and took 12 mins. By the time we came back to Saltdean the tide had come in enough to give the buoy some life but not too much to wash away Russel's flip flops. It was a good stretch of the arms at least. Calm waters (note to self, stop trying to predict weather conditions) and slightly colder temp - sign of things to come? (hope not!!)

Time: In 7:10, Out 7:50.
Swimmers/waders: Ollie, Pete, Russell and Anita

(Written by Ollie)