'Warm Sunshine on the Coldest Sea' Dinas Dinlle

As the cliché goes, "Looks can be deceptive" and so it was today. Fluffy white clouds floating across a lush blue sky and brilliant sunshine reflecting off a calm sea, but what the image doesn't show is the biting Northerly wind and the stinging cold ocean. At 6º this was the coldest sea I've swum in, a whole degree colder than any time last winter. My fingers went numb so quickly but thankfully my wetsuit socks prevented my toes from doing the same. I was still happy to be in the sea despite the conditions but 7 minutes was more than enough.

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As the cliché goes, "Looks can be deceptive" and so it was today. Fluffy white clouds floating across a lush blue sky and brilliant sunshine reflecting off a calm sea, but what the image doesn't show is the biting Northerly wind and the stinging cold ocean. At 6º this was the coldest sea I've swum in, a whole degree colder than any time last winter. My fingers went numb so quickly but thankfully my wetsuit socks prevented my toes from doing the same. I was still happy to be in the sea despite the conditions but 7 minutes was more than enough.