Sainte Croix du Verdon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_Sainte-Croix

A chill and sunny day in Provence with MC. The water so clean we could drink it straight!

Last dip

A week of washing and mopping as we close shop for the winter, and a last sauna with triple-dip for good measure!

Chiaroscuro

Kitchen duties meant there was no time to swim, bar another triple-dip during a late sauna, so here are some shots of children launching themselves at the elements instead, with all my respect to the jumpers who braved a storm for their dip!

Life-style

Not quite as warm as the sun might suggest, but a welcome swim round the first little skerry in the bay with my ever-attentive Viking who, on being asked whether he was working too hard, said: "This isn't work, it's a life-style!"

Triple dip in the dark

My first swim on returning to Bjørnsund was a triple-dip during an after-dinner sauna, so I'm posting some pics of yesterday's sun instead!

The wind at her heels...

I did manage a round-the-bay swim in St Julians the next day, then headed up to Orkney where, less than a week later, Ruby Merriman kindly held my towel at Dunnet Bay before she flew over the sands, her feet never seeming to touch the ground!

Cavalieri, Malta

First rain, then work, then bruck in the sea, so I didn't manage the long swim in warm water I had hoped for, only a short dip. There's always tomorrow!