A new toy on the iPhone.

Not taken recently!

Back in the days when the sun still shone.

The sun makes an appearance.

After a grim old week with the weather there was a reward for anyone who made it to the pond this morning. It was raining again by lunch, but we had some much needed sun early on.

 

Watch out ladies, beefcake alert!

It seems such a long time ago now, and almost surreal, but we had a great morning at the ladies pond nearly three weeks ago. So here's some more pictures for you, I know I'm milking it but I don't know when we'll be back! One more post to come I think, and then it'll be back to the men's pond. 

Thanks to Torsten for the photos.

More from the ladies pond

Here's some slightly more recent pics from the ladies pond, I like these but I didn't take as many good one as I was hoping for. Since it's such a rare opportunity to swim at the ladies, I felt like I had to cram everything in, taking in the view, chatting, a nice long swim, pictures, croissants...!! It all whizzed by in bit of a rush. I should have some others up in the next few days though.

Ladies pond visit

Since news of our invite to swim with the ladies first broke, it's been the main topic of conversation most mornings down at the men's pond. "Are you going?"...."What time are will you get there?" "7.29!" As it turned out, I was my usual 10-15 minutes late, but thankfully we were graciously granted an extra half an hour than was previously advertised. We were also treated to coffee, croissants and a very friendly atmosphere. It was quite busy when I arrived, with some very happy men milling around chatting and plenty already in the pond. I'm pleased to say that there were some women there as well, I wouldn't like to think we'd put too many off!

The fantastic pics below are from Terry at the men's pond, thanks very much for letting me have them. I'll put some of my own pics up from today when I've had a chance to go through them properly. If anyone has some they would like to me put up I'd be happy to do so, pics from ladies welcome as well, the blog can be unisex! Let me know in the comments or via email: benmenashe*at*hotmail*dot*com

Lastly, a big thank you to everyone at the ladies pond for inviting us over. It's a very special place, we all had a good swim and a great start to the day.

Summer

This week at the pond has been a real treat, after what seemed like a mercifully short and mild winter, summer has arrived early, albeit briefly. Sunny and warm every morning, especially in the micro climate of the changing area, the mood has been very upbeat and friendly, not that it isn't normally, but the sunny end has been an especially chatty and jovial place to be. Sadly this means my timekeeping at work has suffered somewhat.