A famous day

Sunday May 24th
Have you ever had one of those days when everyone says 'remember that famous day when....?' Well today was the famous day when we didn't go to Ailsa Craig.

Giddy with excitement we arranged to meet the boat pilot in Girvan at 9.30am. Apart from the boat pilot, the crew were my mate Chris his friend Linda and our Harry. I had that much stuff with me as instructed by Harry who always says be ready for anything. We were hoping do a combination of climbing to the top and down again which would take about an hour and a half and swimming round it which is about 5k we think.
The day was sunny and the mood was riotous as we headed up the coast with the taste of adventure in the air. Soon to be dampened however as we met an unhappy skipper who said the wind had picked up and it was just too risky. Undeterred we decided to walk and headed up Byne Hill which was very steep. How lovely to sit on a hill in the sun with good friends eating sandwiches. Yep well you have a point ...obviously being on Ailsa Craig could have topped that but what can you do?
Then I swam at Girvan beach for about 40 minutes.......aaaah it was cold and I am reducing my comfort aides....so no boots and my feet never actually stopped hurting with cold. It may have been because we had been for long walk, but Harry did point out that the sea was only 13 c and hasn't warmed up for 3 weeks.
A bit shivery afterwards.

Plan B we will try again and again till we get there. It was wonderful to swim with Ailsa in sight.

Meanwhile the plan is to break the myth that I hate 500's. Monday night sessions will be short training sets with a mixture of drills with pullbuoys and paddles, and Wednesday mornings will be 500's with split timings breaking it into 100's but not stopping....get it? Then a weekend open water swim with some stretching and rowing inbetween.

Well done Ian who did a fantastic time at the triathlon in Lanzarote yesterday. Mmmm Lanzarote warm, sunny what a good idea. There must be a rock out there I could swim to.

By the way, did I tell you I've been invited to have tea with the Queen?