Sea Swimming Blog #56

Day 95 Sea Swimming.

#56 of the blog.

With last night’s good vibes enduring, I decided I’d swim early morning.

I had a podcast planned for later in the day with a fellow photographer and sea swimmer Mel (who I’ve swam with a couple of times now) and I thought it would be nice if we could share another cold water experience before we chatted away.

The plan was to meet at Bonne Nuit at 8am so, coming from St Brelade, I set the alarm for 6:45am.

Woke up, got up, packed up, ready to go for around 7:15am and once again as per the other weekend, I saw that first light had produced an offering of another beautiful sunrise.

Due to taking the country route I was unable to see any seascape for a little while on my drive out east so I decided to stop the car and settled for a shot over a row of silhouetted trees - with pink cloud lit skies above and a golden ball of fire behind.

By the time I got to Bonne Nuit most of the colour had disappeared from the sky but it was still beautiful down there… the sea looking fairly calm with a greyish-green tone that I’ve come to love.

Mel and Nicky turned up shortly after and we had a quick chat before getting in.

Nicky spotted a fairly large red boat out at sea which I’ve since discovered was none other than Boaty McBoatFace, or R.R.S. David Attenborough as it’s officially known (after the powers that be decided not to go with the internets name suggestion… and we wonder why governments don’t listen to the people)

Back in the harbour waters, I’d decided to ditch the neoprene gloves as it makes controlling the camera through the housing a nightmare - and it’s hard enough as it is.

Some more practise is definitely needed but we got a few cool shots, Mel getting a couple of me splashing around before I got a few of her, hands burning from the cold after taking her gloves off to shoot, then against the yellow boat with brightly coloured buoy’s nearby.

Deviating slightly, Nicky had mentioned that her boobs often try to escape whilst she is in her swimming costume and that I better vet the images before putting any on the blog… cunningly, she hid them under the waves, where, thanks to the magnifying qualities of water, they remained totally (un)camouflaged(!)

Good job she’s a laugh and took it in good spirits!

As myself and Mel were later to discuss on the podcast, one of the most beautiful things about the power of the sea is that, whether you’re a woman or a man, a confidence, happiness and total disregard of any body issues is gained whenever you take the plunge into the deep…

… You are free.

“You are not a drop in the ocean,

You are the entire ocean in a drop”

- Rumi