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Another sweltering day at school (it was even hotter than previous weeks, heating system having now really gone into overdrive). A dull but still day. Luckily for me the clouds parted for a short while, and even more luckily they chose to do it in my lunch hour. On the strike of 1 I made a dash to the coast where I found calm but grey water. There were a few people sitting huddled in their winter finery on the beach and a couple of gulls bobbing on the water.
On with the embarrassingly red trunks and in, as usual, before I can think about it. The water murky brown-grey but not really cold. A short swim - to cool down, to feel human again and to enjoy my last chance for a proper swim for a while. Tomorrow I am jetting off to where the waters are disgustingly tepid (20deg apparently). Drying off on the beach, my skin is a bit red but with no wind I feel no chill. If it carries on anything like this, even December might be straight forward... Back in the classroom and after an ice cold ginger beer, I feel pleasantly chilled for the first half hour and immune to the furnace.
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