We awoke today to find the winds gone, but two paddling pools had arrived blown in from who knows where. We put them out on the berm so the owners can collect them.
As the sun was out a swim in the harbour seemed the thing to do. It was crowded at Freyberg beach as people stretched out and relaxed. There are never that many swimming and today was no exception. Despite it being almost midsummer I put on a wet suit and two caps before I headed out to the first raft then on to the second. The water was choppy as it was still under the effect of the previous couple of days windy weather. I chose to continue on and swam around the fountain before heading back. This is a new skill for me. At the beginning of last year it was a battle to get to the first raft and back. Lessons do work and now I am far more confident and can actually breathe and swim without looking like a demented flounder.
However a photo in this weeks Dominion Post almost did away with my new found confidence. On the front page was a picture of a 1.8 meter shark wallowing in the shallows. Wellington Harbour is supposed to be far too cold for sharks..... or so I thought!
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