Christmas day.

We had decided that we would have a swim on Christmas day, just because we could.  When the day came, it seemed more than a bit chilly, but we decided to go ahead with it anyway.

Elena was first in and the only way to do it was.. quickly.  She ran in while I was still getting changed.  I chased after her with the camera, but it wasn't possible to get any decent photos just standing by the shore, the only way was to get in there.  I quickly finished changing and took a couple of shots from in the water.  It was very cold, but not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.  Elena said it was like bath water going back in the second time after coming out for a minute or two.  I wouldn't quite go that far, but it certainly seemed warmer the second time around.  Actually, I could have stayed a little longer and had a proper swim, but Kyle was looking a bit bored, so we literally stayed just to take a couple of photos then got dried and went home.  As we were coming out another couple, seemingly inspired by our attempt also went in.  A few other people were around, but just looked at us as if we had all gone mad, perhaps we are, who knows?