Friday, January 1, 2010

POLNOON 2010 - New Year's Day Swim

Global Warming laughs in our face with a fortnight of freezing temperatures - leaving the house at 9.30am the gauge in the car reads -4.5c. Peter Dawson thoughtfully turns up with a sledge hammer to make a path through the ice but forgets to bring a football (!) - so despite one of the highest turnouts of the decade (6!) pre-swim activity is restricted to snowballing the telegraph pole and pushing Tommy about.

However all such matters are quickly overshadowed by Tommy's swimwear - yes, eradicating all the goodwill Help the Aged have generated by years of tireless work, he is wearing a MANKINI. Those with weak hearts and sensitive consciences should look away now...








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