'Dramatic Christmas Morning' Menai Srait

A Christmas morning swim in the Menai Strait under dramatic but wonderful skies, pierced by sunlight and doused by rain in equal measure. As I watched cars sweep by on the road behind me, off to see relatives for Christmas lunch, I swam totally alone in the winter water, and it was utterly, truly fabulous and one of my most memorable starts to a Christmas Day ever.

I didn't even feel the cold, either in the air or in the water and I swam even further than of late, out to the far buoy. I smiled and then laughed out loud calling "Now THIS is Christmas" to the passing flocks of Oystercatcher and Cormorants.

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A Christmas morning swim in the Menai Strait under dramatic but wonderful skies, pierced by sunlight and doused by rain in equal measure. As I watched cars sweep by on the road behind me, off to see relatives for Christmas lunch, I swam totally alone in the winter water, and it was utterly, truly fabulous and one of my most memorable starts to a Christmas Day ever. <br />
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I didn't even feel the cold, either in the air or in the water and I swam even further than of late, out to the far buoy. I smiled and then laughed out loud calling "Now THIS is Christmas" to the passing flocks of Oystercatcher and Cormorants.