Lovely swim tonight in a balmy 14 degrees. Thanks Phil for the flapjack. Really feels like open water season is here now that I've had my first dip and my first flapjack! I think there were 8 of us in all 8.5 if you count Hugo, as he's only little, but did look very smart in his life jacket/buoyancy aid, or whatever the pc thing is to call them these days. Also met a few coming the other way, plus the unexpected treat of a red kite eyeing us up from the bank, before taking off majestically and disappearing into the distance. Certainly a lot more swimmers than people going to vote at the polling station (8.5 versus none.....)