Joan & Emma - what's going on?

"Sham Camp"? The plot thickens

Apologies for the absence of blog last week.

It was very wavy.  Ollie & Pete got in and frolicked, made a proper attempt at swimming a couple of widths.  Joan & Emma opted for pebble exfoliation in the surf.
Temp down to 13 degrees, we were in for 10 minutes only.

This week, numbers were bolstered to the tune of Alison and new(ish) boy Matt.  Ollie is on his hols darn Deben way. Hildi replaced him.

Well, where to start?  Joan and Emma have been running the "sham" boot camp for months and months now.  This morning, they put on a display, yoghurt mats and dum-bells the lot.  It was only when Joan opened up the hut that she realised her error.  The clutter which usually covered the rear wall of the hut had been hastily shoved back but enough of the rear of the hut showed through to indicate the true nature "boot camp".

Anyway - it was raining quite a lot, Alison ran off to do her homework whilst the others made a dash to water.  It was a very wet sort of sea today, little pin pricks of rain bouncing off the big fat waves as they lazily broke over Pete's head.  Hildi and Matt went further out but Emma, Joan & Pete stayed in the splash zone and enjoyed the sensations of squidgy sand punctuated by the occasional big rock impacting toes and shins.  A few widths were completed and the groyne jumped from a few times whilst the serious swimmers churned out 10 widths.  Pete made dreadlocks from seaweed and decided that if he had hair in abundance, it would be safely stowed for swimming, the drag being noticeable.

All - not as advertised

Back on land, pieces began to fall into place, the chalky hands and stains on their clothes, coupled with a general air of dishevelment which boot camp alone could not possibly impart.  Then there were the picks and that old wheelbarrow which had been hanging around for months.  Something was definitely afoot. Joan is away next week - further investigations will have to await her return.

Swimmers: Joan, Emma, Hildi, Matt, Pete
In: 7:08
Out: 7:27
Air temp: 12 degrees
Sea temp 15 degrees
Sea: Fat, lazy with tiny punctures
Cormorants: 3
Other black birds, not blackbirds but unidentified by this ornithologically challenged contributor.
Best wishes to Matt who begins his bi-monthly commute to Korea next week.  See you for Christmas Carols.