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My PhD is indirectly associated with the history of Alexander the Great, and I mention him every other page, but thanks to the obsessive compulsive behaviour in the LOTB thread over the past weeks and months, I would seriously be glad if I didn't have to read that name anymore for a long time.
 
It's so warm outside I think tomorrow I'll go for a record early outdoor swim. Usually I don't go swimming outdoors until July (mid June at best). Last year my first was early June, but I was drunk. (A mate's bachelor party, and we had spent much of the day climbing and playing football).
 
Dr. Eddies Wingman said:
It's so warm outside I think tomorrow I'll go for a record early outdoor swim. Usually I don't go swimming outdoors until July (mid June at best). Last year my first was early June, but I was drunk. (A mate's bachelor party, and we had spent much of the day climbing and playing football).
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Outdoor swimming in Norway doesn't appeal to me much, even if the scenery is nice.
 
It can be really refreshing.

Or bloody cold. But being a North-Easterner, you should be used to the North Sea which isn't really very warm either.
 
Dr. Eddies Wingman said:
It can be really refreshing.

Or bloody cold. But being a North-Easterner, you should be used to the North Sea which isn't really very warm either.
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I don't make a habit of swimming in the North Sea. Not only cold but there's really dangerous cross currents all the way down the east coast. I was amazed when I went in the sea in Jersey and it wasn't freezing.
 
Those currents are a real hazard, yes. Having grown up near the outlet of the Oslo Fjord, I'm used to sea swimming, and in that area the water is usually calm. And after I started going hiking in the mountains in my early 20's, I got accustomed to cold water too. Sometimes, the cold river is the only place where you can escape the mosquitoes ...
 
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