Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And you're probably right, Jayanand. I say that to myself everytime I change into my togs, but once I get out of the water afterwards, I think differently :-) The only problem is the getting in. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 4:37 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Storm Angus > Douglas, > IMHO, you need your head examined! :-) > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 4:50 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> I try to swim every day in the sea which can be difficult as it gets >> colder >> and the weather gets rougher. Yesterday, we were in the middle of Storm >> Angus and the spray from the waves when they broke on the rocks were the >> height of a three storey building. I drove over a couple of miles to swim >> in >> a severely tossing sea at Sandycove Point as it has the benefit of a >> small >> harbour albeit with strong currents. >> >> The wind was north easterly and very very strong, so the Forty Foot >> swimming hole on the northerly side of the Point was far too dangerous as >> it was taking the full onslaught of the sea. Spindrift was being carried >> 150 metres up the road, and there was a Small Craft Warning from the >> Irish >> Weather Service. I ignored it, as I'm not small, and not particularly >> crafty. Getting in was easy, but getting out was bloody hard, but I >> survived. I bought a camera along, but, as I was in a rush to catch the >> tide and the dying light, I forgot to check it. The battery went flat >> after >> two quick handheld photos - see below. >> >> Sadly, the swimming streak ended today as I was caught up in other >> things, >> despite it being a much calmer day. Hopefully, I'll be back in tomorrow, >> but >> we'll see. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/SandycoveDalkey >> /Sandycove_Storm1a.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/SandycoveDalkey >> /Sandycove_Storm2a.jpg.html >> >> Both taken with the little Fuji, and can be seen large. >> >> And if you're wondering, do they not have swimming pools in Ireland? The >> answer is yes, we do, but I love sea swimming as the sense of >> exhilaration >> can be profound. OK it's cold and I don't bother with a wetsuit, but >> after >> you get out you feel great. I normally swim in Seapoint just a couple of >> pedal strokes from my driveway and then a quick zip downhill, but it has >> been freezing - 4 degrees celsius - in the water. The way Sandycove Point >> is shaped you can get some sort of >> shelter from the intensity of the wind and waves no matter what direction >> they're coming from. I swam west from the pier on the harbour and back >> into >> it where I exited as fast as I could, and back into my clothes >> >> Here's a link to it on Google maps, but you have to use a bit of >> imagination as the tide was flat out when the image was taken and there's >> sand showing in the little harbour. The water level rises 4.4 metres >> between low and high tides. >> https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.288939,-6.1144699,233m/data=!3m1!1e3 >> >> One thing I have definitely learned is where the rip tide is during >> stormy >> conditions, and that it's way warmer than Seapoint on very cold days. >> That >> long >> flat sandy topography at Seapoint DOES chill the water by an extra 4 or 5 >> degrees celsius as the tide inches its way in over six hours. Sandycove >> which always >> has plenty of water felt like a bath in comparision. Who'd have thunk it? >> >> Douglas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >