Double Weather Bomb Dip
They’re at it again! Weather Bomb Swimming on the West Coast of Scotland.
We’ve been keenly anticipating this “Weather Bomb”, forecast widely for the past few days. Scary looking graphs and diagrams indicated massive waves and terrific squalls of wind. During the night the wind increased to a howling gale and so, mid morning, the hardy group gathered for our Weather Bomb Dip. The Polar Bear was the only un-wet-suited swimmer – full marks to him for bravery. We were lucky to get a superb sunny spell, with white wave tops and spray and deep green water and we spent fully half an hour in a sort of giant washing machine type situation, shrieking and yelling with exhilaration. Capt. Duggie disappeared almost out into the Sound of Jura, and returned only when the rest of us were back at the house, dressed and half way through a giant box of biscuits won by the Polar Bear at the local Co-Op. Just before…
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