Lazy swimming at Bathway

I walked down for a swim at Bathway beach with some of the other volunteers after ages. The water was lovely and warm, and a rock shelf formed a natural pool which lessened the impact of the crashing waves. Gazing up at the cloudless sky and being drawn steadily down the beach by the current, I decided to try and do this every day for the rest of my time here. It’s good exercise, trying to swim against the mild current – I rarely move more than a few feet. I must look rather bizarre from the shore – swimming earnestly (i.e. flailing) in place in about 4 feet of water. Whatever counts as exercise works for me! One downside of swimming in the sea is of course the salt, which burns my eyes and nose to such a degree that I develop a tremendous empathy for cocaine snorters. On the plus side, all that salt it seems to have cleared up an oncoming sore throat and my sinuses to boot. So, basically this is my new blissful solution to almost everything.