Late Autumn Swimming - Loch of the Lowes (St Mary's Loch)

Half day saw us (me, Stevie and Izzy)  heading down St Mary's Loch way for hopefully the first of many open water swims over the next few months. We chose the smaller Loch of the Lowes and swam for about 25 mins. Really all about  getting and staying used to cold water...

...and we weren't disappointed on that front when we got in - absolutely freezing! Was soon regretting disregarding neoprene boots and gloves,  but it soon warmed up. Conditions were pretty much perfect and the 360 deg views when we stopped in the middle of the loch were fantastic.

Izzy produced a nice hot cup of tea and homebaking which topped things off nicely. Stevie reckons the water will "only get 1-2 deg colder" over the Winter - I'll reserve judgement on that I think....