Winter Swimming

it’s been a wee bit chilly of late, reminding us of the joys to come!

Winter swimming

Swimming in the winter takes a special kind of zen,

you drive for up to and hour for a five minute dip and then…,

It takes you bloody ages to get yourself all dry,

trying to stop the boobs falling out, that’ll scare the passers by.

The noises are ridiculous, the exclamations fill the air

and that’s not the freezing water its putting clothes on with despair.

The hands and toes are freezing, so cannot hold the keys,

you shake so much you then get wet, all covered by your tea!

Despite these strange old antics, we love it non the less,

we like to show off pictures to compare our cold success.

But once we start to feel again and the shaking does subside,

we look at all the photos and in every one we smile.

So though we might be crazy and some say, we’re not right,

I’d be absolutely lost if I didn’t share in this delight.