Friday
Today was the day…
The wind seemed quite gentle and from our home perspective the waves gentle. Ah, good swimming weather, I thought, so Mike and I took off to the beach just after 7:30am. It was full moon so super low tide and still going out.
The sea in the picture looks pretty flat. You can see the barrel and the waves look gentle, but it was not the case. Today’s swim was an exercise in ducking and diving. I swam to the lighthouse and back, but it was between breakers and currents and receding tide and was challenging. The waves come in sets and there’s always one big one, suddenly bearing down on me. As an ocean novice, I’m learning that with some you need to dive under it but with most, ducking is fine. Sometimes if the wave has gained momentum and is about to thunder onto the beach, I would get rear whiplash, with the sheer force of the water wrenching my legs around so I end up facing in a different direction. Quite a rush of blood! It reminds me the danger of the sea is so seldom sharks but the unexpected power of the water. When you look at the photo above, it beggars belief that such conditions came out of such a calm looking sea. But that was my experience. On getting back to the restaurant side, the boat had come to drag out the net, so I swam to the barrel and that experience swimming out to sea and back was far more enjoyable. It was great!
Mike ran 6km today and met me in the water when I had done about 2.4km. We ended up sitting on the bench in the sun lapping up the warmth of the morning sun before going home to work.
Work then down to the cottage to give it a final touch up. One thing that always needs doing. Shower drain.
It’s clean now!
Guests arrived this evening, so all units are occupied this weekend. We are in, Julian is here, so it’s a super full house.
End of the week. It’s been a good one.
1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit; and these three are One.
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂