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About a Buoy

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It's that time of year again, the one where winter has ebbed slowly away, and the sun has finally decided to get his hat on , which, it turns out, is exactly the sort of hat designed to convince you that there's a veritable heatwave happening, right here, right now.  And so when I was asked if I wanted to go sea swimming last Thursday, of course I immediately said yes.  But then, I had to say yes because people always say yes when the person who's asking the question is Big Frank . If you followed that link to the website of Big Frank, a massive black Dutch guy whose strap line is  ' When you want to make sure you get your money quickly ', then you'll be pleased to know it wasn't (luckily) him asking.  Although obviously I would have had to, if he had asked. No, this was my neighbour Big Frank, from down the way. There is another Frank as well, you see, known to all as 'Frank', and Big Frank is, er, bigger than him. Mainly by dint of Frank bein...

Swimming

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A stunning blue sky day arrived out of nowhere so I went for a swim. A solitary bird wheeled above me, seemingly intent on watching the waves roll in. south coast wanderer Return to Ocean-Image.com

Synch or Swim with the Bathing Belles

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The open air 'solar heated' Jubilee Pool is the jewel in the crown of Penzance promenade.  Originally built to fulfill the town's need to clear some slums and help make Penzance a bona fide seaside resort, it recently opened its doors for the 2010 season.  As the largest Lido in the country, it is marked out by the sweeping white lines of its design, and the serried ranks of changing cubicles along the terraces above the waterline. This year being the 75th anniversary of the first opening ceremony in 1935, it was celebrated with Art75, where local schoolchildren and artists turned over 90 cubicles into mini art galleries, each one with something new for the viewer to experience. With painting, animation, sculptures or film and archive installations as well as live music to choose from, there was a lot to please the crowds.  The stand out part of the show was the Synchronised swimming display from St Austell Synch...