Water temp: 5 degrees Windy and muddy Saturday morning. Whatever, I've just done another Hampstead Parkrun, I'm as high as a kite and looking for more legal highs. Luckily I've got the ever intrepid and inspirational GB with me. Neither of us are brave enough to dive off the board today. I'm in first today, two swimming hats. I swim quickly towards the perimeter rope as the cold starts to bite in to my flesh. It looks a long way back to the jetty but I remind myself that I swam two lengths of the Lido a couple of weeks ago. I consider how long you'd survive in this water if your ship had sunk, not long. Before you know it I'm jumping up and down on the jetty with joy, oh joy, oh joy. That's my first ever, ever December Pond swim. Not long 'til January. Merry Xmas.
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