Sunday, June 8, 2008

Getting Old...


Or maybe it was the heat, which with the humidity soared from about 15°C on Friday to over 33°C yesterday and again today. Either way I couldn't figure out how I was going to paddle in either my drysuit or my Reed gear. Then it hit me. Why were other people swimming and I was still wearing full immersion gear! Hello, Michael, it's nearly summer!

So today for the first time this year, I braved it, went paddling in swim suit and short sleeved top and my new funny sun hat. Then I too went to a swim. I'm getting old I guess... Next year I'll get younger and be more on the ball when summer strikes suddenly.

5 comments:

Silbs said...

Not a pretty sight, but a sure sign of spring...us old guys in swim suits :)

Richard Hayes said...

Try that in this neck of the ocean this time of the year, and you'd chill quicker than a Popsicle in a blast freezer...
The salt water's a bracing 4C, assuming there's no bergs in the immediate vicinity; air temps today about 8C. Had a spin in Avondale Saturday - lots of thermal undies, fleece layers, drysuit, cold water hood and gloves. No wimps need apply...

Kristen said...

40C here - it's killing me - never did do well in the extremes ;)

clairesgarden said...

remeber the 'olden days' before anybody had 'all that equipment', how did anybody manage!!

Richard Hayes said...

In our neck of the North Atlantic, those that lived managed very, very carefully indeed :->))