Hive, Wednesday 18th October, 9.30 am

I have been away for a week and the temperature seems to have dropped dramatically. After much catching up we both headed rather tentatively towards the sea. The small grey waves were offset by the amazing blue sky and warm sun.

The water definitely felt cooler. Still lovely but with a bit of bite now. After 10 mins I was all for getting out but luckily MG encouraged me to stick at it and we spent another 10 minutes diving and swimming. As our temperature dropped we noticed the now freezing seeming wind and it started to feel much warmer under the water than above it. Eventually we had to get out and shivered our way back into our clothes and our waiting car heaters.

SW