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[viviennerickman]

'Tales from the riverbank'

Day 22 ‪#‎30daysofswimming2016‬

I loved that book so much as a child, 'Wind in the Willows' I still have the dog eared copy somewhere. Any location with overhanging trees has me right back there.

Today was a brief dip in the little river, (it's not actually a river but it has all the right vibes of a Wind in the Willows setting). The lake felt warm as the afternoon temperature slowly dropped. No kingfishers, no ducks, no swans, just me...

[viviennerickman]

'Perfect conditions' 

Day 20 #30daysofswimming2016 

It was perfect conditions for not feeling pathetic, to feel for a flitting moment slightly gazelle like, perfect conditions for an odd wind to be whipping across the lake making it deep, dark, inky, the same perfect wind to fan the heath fire across the lake that while I bathed fire fighters tackled it's flames. I felt indulgent and blissful, yet sad and useless.

[viviennerickman]

Stretching out | Misty morning

Day 15 #30daysofswimming

I must be getting back to my old self, I am falling back into the pattern of waking early. When I peered out the window at the crack of dawn this morning and saw the mist shrouding the mountains I knew I needed to stretch out in the lake as soon as possible. 

A mug of coffee in hand I headed out the back gate and down the road. The lake was silvery, the mountains ghostlike in the mist. I love it like this, still, quiet, cool, I felt incredibly happy.