Ullswater 0 Kirkby Stephen 5 Sept. 2, 2006

I hope the Outdoor Swimming Association’s inaugural swim (in our Windermere) was a good one. It poured. I was busy photographing Ullswater United (0) v Carvetti Kirkby Stephen (5) with my underwater camera. In the 2nd midnight game of football in the garden, again not a goal was scored, whilst all the players came in black and blue from the ball hitting them in various places. It was probably an exercise in male-bonding rather than proper foot-ball.
Postscript : a woman from the south of the County won the Windermere swim (over 10 miles) against wind and rain and waves, by more than 16 minutes from the second competitor : a man. All this in their swimsuits, with barely a scent of media coverage.