23-09-2006, 08:37 PM
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Pics of places you have swum
........and to start it off here's one I took from in the middle of the Mersey estuary between Runcorn and Widnes, looking downstream towards the Runcorn Bridge and Liverpool. Tide was on the ebb, and was a "normal" tide (not spring) so the currents weren't too scary.
A nice way to spend an unseasonably hot first day of Autumn. Air temp was 27.5C, water temp a very pleasant 18C.
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23-09-2006, 08:56 PM
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This was taken on 10th August, from mid-stream in the River Dee in Chester, at Earle's Eye.
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23-09-2006, 10:18 PM
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Pete, you are SERIOUSLY odd, but we love you for it! Most of the swimmers on here would only be able to give you pictures of lines of black or blue tiles!!!
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24-09-2006, 08:03 AM
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 Meanwhile, here's a pic of "Aquacise" with a vengeance. Earlier this month two of us made the two-mile crossing to Hilbre Island from West Kirby, Wirral - while the tide was still in. My pal had given me a lift there and refused a contribution towards petrol, so I carried the food, drink and clothing for two on my back - trying to keep it dry! This was halfway across and is about as deep as it got, and we'd timed it so the tide had just turned when we started out. When indulging in this sort of shenanigans a book of tide-tables is a necessity. Water and air temp were both around 19C, and the intermittent rain and spray weren't a problem as we were both in swim kit. The water may look dirty but isn't. This is the mouth of the Dee estuary and is Grade 1 in terms of water quality - as confirmed by the huge numbers of lugworms in the sands. The waters of Liverpool Bay always look murky because the water is shallow and fast tides stir up sediments. As a result both Dee and Mersey estuaries are quite muddy. I'm passionate about my sport, and this sort of activity is quite literally, "diff'rent strokes". Just a different aspect of the sport we all love.
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24-09-2006, 08:56 AM
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Brilliant pictures, Wildswimmer.
I used to live in Crosby. Me and my mates "waded" out to Hilbre Island one summer when I was a teenager. It was a guided "walk" with the coast guard keeping our guide informed about the tide depth and time.
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24-09-2006, 09:01 AM
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Not quite in the same league but I've swum (badly!!) in both these places!
Brazil and the Bahamas!!!
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...dangerous but fluffy....
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24-09-2006, 08:27 PM
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24-09-2006, 11:35 PM
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I've used fairly strong jpeg compression on the pics posted here so as not to use up too much space on the Swimclub server. As a result picture quality is a little degraded. Anyone is welcome to the full-resolution originals should they want them.
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25-09-2006, 07:40 AM
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25-09-2006, 07:51 AM
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35mm: Minolta Weathermatic 350DL - waterproof to 15 feet. When I have my 35mm films processed I have a CD made at the same time just in case there are any pics worth putting on my website or sharing. I'm one of those Luddites who still think that conventional silver-based "analogue" photography is superior to digital. Anyway I can drool over my swim pics by just picking up my photo album. Wildswimmer Pete
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25-09-2006, 07:58 AM
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Not quite the same persepctive as Wildswimmer Pete but scarcely time to breathe let alone take a pic or two in the water.
This is the Lee River Swim (Race!) in Cork end July this year
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25-09-2006, 08:17 AM
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Here's a shot taken in the Dee estuary off the Wirral coast while collecting water samples for environmental monitoring. It's taken in a gully, and I'd just waded a good 100 yards in lukewarm, waist-deep mud to get there. My work-gear was - a pair of Speedos and swim-cap.
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25-09-2006, 08:47 AM
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I have never been in to photography in any big way, more a holiday snapshot person. I have a digital point and quirt camera. But I would agree of all the photos I have seen film is better than digital. My digital is ok for my holiday snaps, but I wouldn't want to get it in or near water.
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25-09-2006, 12:17 PM
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Great pics Pete. For what it's worth (and I think I have posted these before):
1. Byron Bay - I did an ocean swim from the beach in the foreground to the main Byron Beach in the distance (about 2.5km)  2. Sydney Harbour - I'm just inside the buoy if you look very, very closely  
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