Sorry for smug/exhausted look...

..but we'd just completed our swim of the length of Buttermere (2km). We walked to the southern end, put on our wetsuits and put keys etc into our tow-floats, and swam back. The conditions were ideal, apart from a couple of gusts and a bit of choppy water, which didn't bother my two friends who swim front crawl, but is a nuisance for those of us who do breast-stroke. I am wearing my favourite clothing of the moment, a swimming cloak, designed to keep you warm and cosy whilst you change (before you go to the pub/cafe).