Apparently Evelyn must have told Jean about Myrtleville. Now she’s using the picture too. Just as long as neither of them tell Lydia.
I think the floating door behind her takes you through to the dark side. That’s down West.
Jean Byrne and Ireland’s premier swimming spot. Evelyn told her about it.
Missing a few with flu, but the show goes on. The water was 8.9ºc on Saturday morning as Spring continues. It was over 9ºc a couple of afternoons last week.
Carol Cashell arrived for her first sea swim in eight weeks and brought Orla Houlihan with her to keep Gary company.
Gary, Carol and Orla – determined to capture the moment
No continuation of last week’s show by Gary, but Carol and Orla did bring muffins and cake to feed the regulars. They’ll be expecting that every week now 🙂
Aiming for Thursday at 4.30pm this week and Saturday at 08.15. Forecast looks great.
Good conditions and almost nine degrees in the water gave a very nice start to March for Saturday’s swimmers.
Siobhan makes it in front of the camera and poses – of course.
Our daily swimmers have enjoyed the warmer than usual water right through the last few months. “Like a bath”, as Tom says!
Tom & Pat – daily swimmers and an example to us all.
Even though it’s not Ice Mile calibre, cold(ish) water can do strange things to the mind. That’s the only explanation I can think of for Gary’s carry-on in this series of pictures, as he throws off the wetsuit and works on his acclimatisation outside the water.
This is one display Denis wasn’t expecting to have to watch – Gary springs into action.
‘REAL men don’t wear skirts, lads – just togs!’ Gary Frost continues the show.
The Finale – Would you buy a used car from this man? Gary Frost doing…..something. You’ll have to ask him.
More returnees last week with Rebeca Power notably going straight back into the sea in togs. Cold? What cold? Aiming for Thursday at 4.30pm and Saturday at 08.15, weather permitting.
8.6ºc the sea temperature is getting to for the last few days – it’s not even a hardship! It did hit 7.9ºc on Saturday morning, but that was only a blip.
We had a few reappearances this week and some more contacts from people shaking off the Winter. Hope to see some larger groups over the next few weeks.
Denis Condon, Siobhan “poser” Russell & Gordon Adair – the Orca Gang.
Gordon Adair, Finbarr Hedderman & Denis Condon – I reckon the Oracas haven’t a hope against Big Fin.
The forecast looks ok for later in the week, so we’ll try for 4.30 on Thursday and see about the weekend.
The sea temperature remained over 8ºc for the weekend and is at 8.3ºc this morning – we can’t complain for February 🙂
Swimming at 4.30pm today and Thursday, with 08.15 on Saturday.
As a reminder of really warm water, here’s a great video of the Lee Swim last year. It’s very well done, with lots of familiar faces.
And here’s something a bit older.
Myrtleville from Fennell’s Bay – from Old Photos of Cork FB page.
There’s a day off from the storms today and 4.30pm looks good. High tide, bound to be a bit of swell left from yesterday but the forecast is favourable, so make it if you can.
Naturally, Siobhan couldn’t stay away from the sea yesterday!
This is even better than the Ballycotton one and – once again – was found by Ian Venner. Good man, Ian!
Sea temperatures and a lot more from NMCI, Ringaskiddy.
Hours of endless data and fun. Denis Condon said there was ten swimmers this morning and it felt very cold. But what does the data from the NMCI say?……It says about 7.8c. Denis was right, that’s getting lower. A great service from the OPW.
We have been a bit delayed in finalising the results of the Logo competition. The judges hope to have this done in the coming two weeks and ready for the swim hats to be printed. Apologies for the delay.
The Ballycotton Sea Temperature Gauge is back in action after a few months offline. It’s confirming that the temperatures remain over 8c in the water, which is very good for February.
We’re going to swim today, Thursday, at 4.30, but Saturday’s forecast is terrible, so that one is cancelled. It might even look like this again..
Myrtleville – February 4th – still four hours to high tide.
The wind had moved to Southerly by the planned swim time at 4.30 yesterday – no swim!
Myrtleville, Monday February 3rd, 2014 – should have brought a board.
Myrtleville, Monday February 3rd, 2014 – not going to make it to the Dutchman!
Hopefully we’ll get in on Thursday at 4.30. Saturday looks very suspect at the moment.
Despite the Armageddon forecast for Saturday morning, it was quite swimmable. We had seven swimmers and at 8.4c, nobody felt the need to get out early.
We were surprised when Finbarr Hedderman arrived, as there had been a lot of big talk on Twitter during the week about swimming at 7.30 in Sandycove. Poor old Finbarr turned up down West to find himself alone in the dark – with the Twitterati staying in bed. Ah well, at least he was able to come across to Myrtleville for some company 🙂
Gary Frost’s map for the swim shows there was a bit of messing around and stop-starting going on, but it was really enjoyable. Finbarr and Jim Shaloo headed over outside the breaking waves at the Dutchman, with the rest of us turning at Fennell’s Bay.
Mad Maps – what was Gary doing?
Siobhan Russell swam on Thursday and Sunday – here’s proof:
Toes-eye view – the Dutchman and Roches Point are thataway.
Not the greatest forecast for the week, but we can’t complain for February. Going to try for 4.30 Monday and Thursday, with 8.15 on Saturday morning looking the most dodgy one given the current weather predictions. There’s bound to be a calm bit, though!
