Padstow Rock Swim - Sunday 12th June

The morning of the big swim arrived and it was still pouring down with rain.  I lay in bed with the rain pounding against the window checking my i phone for any updates that said the swim had been cancelled.  A sleepy (and hungover) Dan phoned from Plymouth to check whether it was cancelled and G didn't stir in bed next to me.

Miserable Weather

Eventually when we had confirmed that it was still we put the extra seats in the back of the surf mobile and on all seven of us set off to Padstow in the rain (Me, G, Dan, Hayley, Carol, Adam and Horace).  We had to get there very early for registration as the organisers took our dry kit across to Rock for us on the ferry before the event started.  The weather was miserable and instead of wandering around Padstow we all ended up in the car in the rain.  Changing in the car was funny.

Shivering before the start

Eventually the swim started and it turned out to be a fantastic event.  G and I swam with Dan.  We were well impressed on how he did especially considering his lack of training and sleep!



The swim setting off - you can see Rock in the background where we are swimming too

 When we got to Rock we had a pasty and a pint of beer waiting for us and it was a great atmosphere.

Dan's certificate had Mogsy's name on it

Hayley and Dan came back to stay with us for the night and we had a big lasagna waiting for us that I had prepared in the morning. It was great to spend time with them and a nice ending to the day.  In the end after all that wishful thinking that it might be cancelled I am glad it wasn't.   We all really enjoyed it and were glad that we did it.  It makes me think of that saying " Be careful what you wish for you might just get it"

Jubilant finishers