Monday 3 September 2012

MINI-HEATWAVE IN FIFE

Fourteen degrees celsius in St Andrews....does it get any better. Picture late summer leisure at the beach: children splashing at the water's edge, romantic picnics for two, an elderly gent dozing in a deck chair. Visiting from south of the border? You'll be wearing a duffle coat, two pairs of gloves and a balaclava. The locals are easy to spot. They're in bermuda shorts, string vests and wellies. You don't mess with these women. It'll need to hit six degrees before they put a jumper on. Yes, I did paddle and yes I was wearing a jumper. Remember I travelled from Rural Perthshire. It makes no sense to me either.
                                      A lone open water swimmer from Rural Perthshire

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