Where do you prefer to dip? [I Like to Skinny Dip]

@ArishMell I hear you there , it may be for different reasons but I don’t like to swim in fresh water lakes, I live on the coast and swim in salt water ( if you can call it swimming)

@Repete In my case it is because I can just about float on my back kin slat water, but not in fresh.

I've a friend who goes in for this cold-water swimming lark in rivers. Brrrrr!

@ArishMell I can do the dog paddle but when I stop I sink. I did pass a swimming test only because I wasn’t timed going across the pool and back. 😂

@Repete My problem too. I expend so much energy trying to keep on top of the water I can't sustain it for long. I tried taking swimming-lessons, always along the pool not across it because that would be in everyone else's way. I made hardly any progress though and eventually just had to give up.

I stayed in the side lane where I could stop and rest, using a little ledge to stand on. The middle lanes were occupied by various improvers who could swim complete lengths. The far two or three lanes were usually busy with several men who were all very fast swimmers able to do fancy things like somersault turns at the deep end and gliding a long way back underwater. They might have entered swimming competitions elsewhere, but these sessions were not competitive.

It was all rather like a little club, all very friendly, and on the last session before Christmas we stopped swimming early to enjoy a little buffet together.

@ArishMell my swim test was in the Marine Corps boot camp 😂. I made it but they probably wouldn’t recommend me as a lifeguard at a small pool.

@Repete I doubt I'd make the first day, let alone any swimming tests!