"Its going to be a bit choppy out there"

This morning i met Joan on the beach after arriving in the carpark the same time as sara.  We nattered in usual form.  Dave arrived up by the Cafe and was soon joined by a 'new guy'.  alex joined us today, which is always nice to have a new friendly face join the group...note to self...try to push the branded swim caps but don't sound pushy.....
after introductions and Paul and Anita joining us on the beach we changed and headed towards the water.  the lure of shortbread from sara crossed my mind, how quickly would I like to get out.  but as I noticed waves thumping on the beach I turned to the group and said its going to be a bit choppy out there.  that seemed to receive lots of "na, you don't say" to the groups amusement.  we headed off aiming to do two laps.
Well, the waves got bigger and bigger and we were tossed about like when you see those chefs flicking food in a frying pan without a wooden sppon.  sort of sliding it to the end and then flicking it up so all the onions fall down to the other side.  I don't really know where I'm going with this but suffice to say it was rough, you got knocked about, you climbed up waves, you fell down the other side and you had no chane of seeing a buoy until you were 50 m passed it or to the left of it.  Add to that a natural current with the incomming tide it led to challenging conditions for the group.  We set off on two laps with a hard interval on the 3rd straight.  so medium, medium, hard, medium to finish the square.  Actually we all got into our own rthythm and met at various buoys to regoup.  the water felt warm today which is why there was only 1 wetsuit on show.  Dave made the plunge, now he can officially say he is a member of the club :).  Sara opted for a shorter lapo in prep for her birdman swim on sunday and I thinnk Joan had a fantastic time playing on the waves between the groynes.
delicious shortbread followed, I managed to resist trying 1 of each flavour noting that I can't really count friday morning as the weekend yet to indulge.
Swimmers: alex - welcome to the gang! - ollie, anita, Dave, Sara, Paul, Joan.