Not many starters for the swim this morning nor were there many people at the beach. Amazing the effects of a few splashes of rain. The important people still made it though – Bevan, Chris, Dave, Linda, Di, Luke, Ken, Judith, and Tony were spotted. The course set for the intrepid real idiots – Bevan, Chris and Dave, was to do a barrel. Oh God, really?! Out via the post then onwards to the first barrel. The water was warmish and almost clear. Happy Days. The plan for the return leg was to swim between the orange buoy and Belle and then straight to the far cone. My goggles were foggy though and I had to stop frequently to check my bearings. At one point I was heading parallel to the beach. Quick course correction and back on track for a little while. Finding the far cone proved difficult. Distance normally covered would be 1260m but I figured I did about 1400m…