We signed up for the British Heart Foundation Bournemouth Pier-to-Pier swim, so we decided to make a weekend of it, by going up Saturday and camping there.
Kerry and Jen deserve a very special mention - acting as our tour guides for this mini-break. They went from London to Wiltshire, picked up tents, sleeping bags and everything we needed, got to Bournemouth, pitched everyone's tents and then met us on the beach for midday ready to swim. Amazing!
We swam from Bournemouth to Boscombe pier and back (4,600m) and then a bit more to take us up to two hours on Saturday. The conditions were OK, but they were rough coming back and the waves slowed us down - except Michael, who was on super-human form this weekend.
On Sunday, the race was only one way and it was really fun, with 1200 other swimmers, a calm day and a really warm sun. We even got a medal for our efforts! I felt especially tough, just wading in with my shorts with all these other wimpy triathletes in their fancy wetsuits. Wimps!
On Sunday, there were family visits for Jen and Kerry, and Gerry took some photos for us:
Team shot on beach - note Pier in background and a lot of other swimmers.
It only took Jen and Kerry 36 minutes to finish the race - very speedy
Tom, Michael and Chris finish to rapturous applause.
I'm clearly very proud of my medal.
2 comments:
Hi tony Idid't see my last comment so I'll add it here along with the BCC list. Gran, Rose & Jackie £15.00. Brenda & John £5.00, Lin £5.00, Jean £5.00, Ginette & John £5.00, Nigel & Alison £5.00, Pat & Mac £5.00, Chris & Dave £5.00, Rose & Dave £10.00, Sandra & Ken £5.00, Linsay £ Jason £10.00, Scouse & Mandy £5.00 and that concludes the donations From Broxbourne Cruising Club
Oh I forgot me £20.00. I am very proud of your medal too, what can we expect in 2012 eh!
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