Thursday

I was exhausted this morning and was going to wimp out of my planned lunchtime swim. But Tommo said he was going to go this afternoon and I would have felt like a skiver if I hadn't gone, so off I trundled. Unfortunately Thursdays are school swimming days and arrived while lots of little girls were swarming round the changing room. I felt very self-concious donning my ultra-cool goggles, hat and noseclip. Sure enough I spotted two of them whispering about me in the mirror. I turned round and asked them if they were laughing at my goggles, in what I thought was a non-confrontational manner. They looked absolutely petrified - as you probably would if you were challenged by something that looked like a giant fly. I agreed that the goggles did look weird, but unlike the traditional sort of google, they didn't feel like they sucked my eyeballs out. That won them over and I really hope they don't have nightmares tonight about their mothers turning into enormous insects and sucking their eyes out.

Once in the pool I did the same routine I did on Tuesday with slightly shorter rests.

Back in the changing room, the next batch of little girls had arrived and was waiting for their lesson. They didn't want to go poolside they explained to their teacher in fits of giggles as there were 'naked ladies in the shower.' On reflection I suppose naked ladies are quite funny.

But naked men are funnier.