Kessock Ferry Swim
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00:00Well, here we go, buddy. Here we go.
00:07Oh, my goodness.
00:09Oh, there's Andrew.
00:11Oh, wow.
00:20Hello, John.
00:22It's a nice one.
00:24Cheers.
00:26Cheers.
00:29Oh.
00:44John will be the load-mate and is actually going to set yours off.
00:46And as I say, we'll let the fast swimmers go first, and then the rope will drop.
00:50When the rope drops, please we'll try and get it out of the way as quickly as possible,
00:54make sure none of you is tripped on it.
00:56Okay, so earplugs back in, get yourselves ready, and have a lovely, enjoyable swim, okay?
01:02So, Donald, on three, two, one.
01:06So, Donald, three, two, one.
01:12But it's just as I remembered it.
01:27The only thing, there was an awful lot of seaweed out in the middle last year.
01:31So I did backflip, as you do.
01:37And, Donald, you were a swimmer in the very first one.
01:43Yes, yes.
01:45There wasn't many people, maybe about ten, that's about all.
01:49Yeah, quite a small start then.
01:51Yes, it wasn't what you call it, it was just a swim in these days.
01:56And then later on it became, I bet I used to start with ten people, you know.
02:03To begin with, it was the LMS club, really, that started with me.
02:09I know I was doing it in the fifties.
02:12Sometimes it was the peer we're doing today, and other times it was the shortest swim to the peer on the right there.
02:22But there was never more than twenty or thirty, never.
02:28So this response here today is that people have really taken to this.
02:32Obviously the numbers are probably the greatest it's ever been, you could say.
02:36Oh yes, without a doubt, you know.
02:38The other thing was, we did a swim further up the path, at the widest part from Bancrook, across.
02:51And there was eleven swimmers in it, and only four finished.
02:56There was still myself alive, who did it.
03:01And Nancy Scott, who's still alive.
03:08She was headmistress, and I think it was Smith who did that.
03:13How do you prepare yourself for a swim like this? What do the guys need to do today?
03:18These people have got everything.
03:20We just swim in swimming trunks, and a wee bit of winter green.
03:27The boys used winter green, we didn't, because it was too smelly.
03:35Well I'm hoping, I helped coach the Highland Disability Swim Team on this Saturday afternoon.
03:41And one of our young swimmers, Anna, is swimming today for the first time.
03:46So I'm here really, to see how she goes, and support her.
03:51She's so excited, she hasn't stopped grinning.
03:56Fingers crossed that she'll enjoy it.
03:59Donna Sandra, thanks so much for speaking to us, really appreciate it.
04:02My pleasure.
04:16This is Soren, we have him on our first swim!
04:25So, Soren, today, amazing weather, and you're the first person out of the water, how does it feel?
04:31Very good, yeah. I've been training hard, so, yeah.
04:34So, what was your preparation like for today?
04:36Obviously, coming out of the water, it's a bit of a challenge,
04:41Yeah, I normally swim like every day, and I'm a professional swimmer, so I compete quite a lot.
04:46But this is only my second open water swim.
04:49Oh right, okay, wow. What was your first?
04:51Last year.
04:52Oh, the last year's one, same swim, so how did you do last year?
04:55Fourth.
04:56Oh right, okay, yeah. So you'll be delighted with that.
04:59Yeah, very delighted.
05:00Obviously, it's a bit of a challenge.
05:02Yeah, it's a bit of a challenge.
05:04Yeah, it's a bit of a challenge.
05:06Yeah, it's a bit of a challenge.
05:08Yeah, so you'll be delighted with that.
05:10Yeah, very delighted.
05:11Obviously, yeah.
05:12And looking at that today, from a dry land perspective, it looks like quite an arduous task doing that, for you to do it.
05:21Do you know your time?
05:2319.01.
05:25To do it in that time, what are the main pitfalls and difficulties of doing a swim like that?
05:32What do you look out for?
05:34Quite sore arms, definitely.
05:36Yeah.
05:37Yeah, sore arms is the main one.
05:39Yeah, and you get very cold, so you get quite numb, so it can get quite hard, but you've just got to push through it.
05:45Coping through today, how does it feel now?
05:47Good, yeah, I'm very happy.
05:48Yeah, excellent.
05:49So that's absolutely brilliant.
05:50Fantastic, thanks very much and well done.
05:52Well done.
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05:54Fantastic.
05:57Put your timer in here, mate.
05:58Give it a time.
05:59No, put your timer in there.
06:05Well done, congratulations.
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