Blea Tarn
1st June, Blea Tarn in the centre of the swim-circle; this is the ‘fixed point’ around which we aim to swim on a circle of radius 12 miles (approximately). Being quite high, we scanned the horizon and realised it was essentially what we would be swimming round; in the north we could just make out Bassenthwaite lake which stood at ’12 ‘o clock’ and would be roughly half way round. The water temperature was a balmy 17degrees and we swam a circuit of the 40m deep tarn. Paul placed a prepared post overlooking the lake and we collected some stones from the floor of the tarn – one stone in particular had the shape of Blea Tarn imprinted on it – as if the lake was presenting us with a copy of itself.
Richard
