Last weekend was also the weekend of the mid winter swim. Last year I watched all the mad people plunge into the waters of the South Atlantic and laughed as they came out freezing cold and shivering. This year I decided to be a mad person myself and found my self on a beach where the sand was frozen together with ice and the water was around 3-4 degrees. It was cold. The worse bit is standing on the beach waiting for the time to run into the sea - once that happens its all over very quickly. Below are the before and after photos.
Afew weeks before this we celebrated Liberation day. Always a big event here but this year even more so it being the 30th anniversary. I think we have been on the news a lot and we have had some ministers and politicians from various places visiting. The most interesting bit though was the attempt by the school to get in a world record for the largest cake scale model of an aircraft carrier!
We had the usual government paid for free bar and buffet and a dance in the evening. Its ani mportant date but its good to be the other side of it.
As you know at the beginning of June, Jade was still here with me and we went out for a lovely walk where jade decided she needed to commune with nature!
We also had the Queen's jubilee celebrations while Jade was here. We had a big beacon on the beach at Surf bay. It was constructed by the prisoners from Stanley Prison (but described in the world's press as community workers!) Still it burnt just fine and we had a good evening with mulled wine and some good music.
Take care and best wishes.
Mark
