Dover - Gateway to Britain, the first place many travellers see to as they arrive on the shores of our Great Country. A place to be proud of. A Place to impress our overseas friends with their first view of Britain, and all that we have to offer.
Dover a place with many excellent visitor attractions, Dover Castle, Roman Painted House, The White Cliffs experience and to top it all - a group of nutters stripping down to swimming costumes on a cold wet weekend and choosing to get into the sea at 9degrees centigrade! That's just a couple of degrees warmer than your kitchen fridge!
Not only swimming in that temperature (and perversly enjoying it) but staying in for an hour, getting out for an hour (to thaw out) and then getting back in for another hour! The joy - The pleasure.
I am happy to admit to being one of these afore mentioned nutters, and to enjoy (to what many view as masochistic) the challenge of taking your body to a level of hypothermia whilst swimming before knowing when to get out before you are incapable of getting out as your body gets too cold!
There is a highly comical and free attraction for tourists on Dover Beach every Saturday and Sunday Morning to experience - semi naked people trying to get out of wet costumes, into dry clothes whilst shivering uncontrollably and then attempting to drink hot beverages without physically throwing it down yourself as you shake, rattle and roll your way to getting warm!
Welcome to Britain!
About Me
- Robin Sumner
- I am the Director of Romax Marketing and Distribution, a Direct Marketing Services Provider based in London. I am married with 3 kids and wanted to challenge myself whilst raising money for a very worthy cause - Demelza Hospice Care for Children. I love swimming - it's a good job - as I am planning to swim the English Channel in September 2010. I am writing this blog to record the challenge, and raise awareness of Demelza as a charity.
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