My Christmas day swim 2009

I Don't know how everybody started there Christmas day, of but I, and 100 or so other mad people, had a dip in the "warm north sea" at 10:00am on Christmas day. This was followed by a few hours and a "few pints" in a local pub called The Robin Hood where I spent a lot of time, and a lot of money some 40 years ago....!  

Oddly enough it didn't feel cold in the picture below even in the sea it wasn't that bad, the part that was seriously cold were my feet, which were almost numb, which was good really as walking back up the beach across the pebbles was possibly a little less painful than it could have been.   

Please see the following pictures.

On the left "Me", In the  center "Steph", On the Right My Brother in law "John"

The warm inviting North Sea ..!!

Getting ready 

The Charge of the Mad Brigade

Me and the team

Entering the warm water !

The Field 

Exiting the Warm Water !