Iniscara and Lough Ine

Tuesday morning saw me back in Sandy Cove for the early morning 2 hour ritual around the island, and then on to a beautiful manmade reservoir on the River Lee in the evening. It was agreed that an up and down route would be taken as far as a bouy near the pumping station, (any further we might get sucked into the hydo-electric station! In the 2 hours I managed nearly 2 laps, cutting the second lap a little short to stay with the faster swimmers.

Wednesday morning I woke with a sore throat and feeling quite rough, so I gave the early swim a miss, but the evening swim at Lough Ine was amazing. Set admist hills and forests the lough is a large sea water lake fed though a set of rapids that flow in and out of the lake dependent upon the tide. Having swam around the lake to the rapids we had to get out and walk past the rapids as the tide was coming in. We then swam out into the atlantic around an island and back, then we braved the rapids which was a real adventure. Re-entering the lough you couldn't help notice at how much warmer it was compared to the open sea, making it a joy to swim back as a group to the finish. A truely great swim.

On thursday morning I felt even worse, but decided to do the early morning swim, but I only managed just over an hour before coming out and living for another day. Having rested for the day I hope to be back in the water for a full session tomorrow and fully fit for the "Big Weekend".