Festive Greetings
We wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
New Year Opening
The club will be open on New Year's Eve and for the swim on New Year's Day with hot soup and rolls on offer.
Nautical Nips
The exceptional weather conditions of late suggest the need for a new Beaufort type scale which might go as follows: F0 Almost not freezing, possible thaw; F1Hats, coats, gloves on - snowballing time; F2 Blue finger tips - cars in the ditch; F3 White landscape, post delivered late, side roads closed; F4 Gritters dodging abandoned cars, trains delayed and cancelled; F5 Brass monkeys rule, fewer people at work, town centres quiet; F6 Airports provide holiday breaks (no b or b's), trains park randomly across network; F7 White out, water frozen, St. Pancras overtakes Lourdes as pilgrimage site; F8 Rugby internationals in Tesco's, 4x4s stuck (secret celebrations); F9 Met Office relocated to Seychelles, H&S enquiry into legitimacy of snowflakes; F10 Power cuts, oil runs out, gas freezes, 'Strictly' dancers don clothes; F11 Christmas - no weather - everyone inside and merry; F12 End of the World Year, NYD swim, committal, new sailing season starts.
Skipper's Mate