The swim took the now well worn route, up the right, keeping close to the reeds to avoid the boats, past the bend and upto the first tree line, a total of 900m. We were joined by a group of ~20 triathletes who have been swimming here in suits since April. On Wednesday, Andrea and Kevin, extended the swim to the half way mark between Worrells End and O’Briens Bridge, a distance of ~1700m. Later in the season, there is a plan to swim from O’Briens Bridge to Castleconnell (3.4k) which is a fantastic swim on a warm summers evening.

We all returned safely to the quay and had a picnic…..some nice cakes and a few beers, nicely chilled to the perfect temperature and great conversation.

Much discussions followed on the various open waters swims planned and Rosie Foley joined us for a little send off before embarking on her 38km swim in Lough Derg, some were heading to Kinsale for a swim around Sandycove island and another group interested in participating in the Liffey Swim were picking up qualifying swims in Killiney.

All have a great week swimming and we will see you here next Tuesday at 6:30pm.