Wild Swimming

[eyesup]

Well, for me there is a problem with the whole idea of a simple swim. There just isn’t a lot of water around here.

I feel like that character in the old B.C. comic strip that hated water and would go for a swim in the sand.

Duane

[nuduke]

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[font=]Once you do it, you look forward and make time to do it. It moves up on your bucket list. It becomes passion, compelling, like getting naked and out of clothing. Swimming in nature can be the epitome of naturism. It kicks crap out of water colors. [font=&amp][/font][/font]

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Yes, Jbee, I agree and it is moving up on my bucket list.  Last year I had occasion to wade in our local river which is usually shallow and not deep enough to swim, often only ankle deep.  I was in waders and it was in the very late summer helping the local river trust to remove Himalayan Balsam which is an invasive species creating havoc along many watercourses.  I discovered the bottom was thick, sucking mud that smelt vile when disturbed due to rotting organic matter in it so very unsuitable for a midnight dip at midsummer.[/font]
Every time I pass water ...errr I mean every time I pass a river or lake, I eye it up for swimming.  There is an old quarry a short drive away that looks like a possibility.  I have been there but once in February and found it pretty bad for FRN walking due to its exposed nature and farm buildings with a good view over the whole area.  However, I'm going back this summer with free swimming in mind . It's a shallow sloping quarry (from gravel extraction, I think) so there is no current or steep inclines.  All depends on whether the water is clear or cloudy.[/font]   From the number of waterfowl that live or visit there, my guess is that the whole lake might be a vat of diluted guano but we'll have to see.[/font]
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[Peter S]

Do be sure about the gravel pit before jumping in, John. They have a habit of being suddenly very deep, very cold (all year round) and have a built-in ability to suck people under, no matter how good their swimming abilities. It's why kids always drown in them and why they're used for gangland burials  http://freerangenaturism.com/forum/Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif

[nuduke]

Thanks for the tip, pjcomp.  I'm tempted to say 'y'know me' but I wont.  I'll be careful - I usually am a bit too risk averse for things like that.  One great sadness about myself on some occasions and one of my greatest satisfactions on others is that I'm not very spontaneous.  I'm a planner and risk assessor by nature thought thankfully not by profession!
John