Congratulations to all the Serpies who travelled north in search of colder water. Herwarth the hero won a gold medal.
Alice, Mary and Herwarth are pictured together. The swimmer is Herwarth who won gold, and the lady in Serps red is Isabel. Ladies relay team: Mary, Kirstie, Emma and Lucy. Last picture: Jean-Luc and Don.
And it seems that the swimmer’s typing fingers weren’t frozen. Alice Gartland writes on winning her first medal of any colour in her life in the ladies 120m. “I was a considerable distance behind 1 & 2 but we don't have to focus on that…” Alice added that “I think it's my first ever actual medal - levels of over excitement were pretty high.”
Joe Johnson made it a family affair by getting her sister to take the snaps, and what a snapper she is. The scenic wide shots were taken by Joe’s sister. Joe is the one in the green hat and there is a German lady in lane 6 who is also a Serper. I’m not going to identify the scenic shots but leave it to the sporting words of Ted Lowe by paraphrasing “And for those of you who viewing in black and white, the pink is next to the green.”
Joe said that “it was a lovely day, but then being Westmoreland born and bred, I am bound to say that…” she admitted that she “would have got into a lot of trouble from Granddad (if he were still alive) for swimming into the lake in January.”
And Laure was delighted with the one and only Rod Newing. She said “thanks to the awesome Rod Newing, who connected with a group of Norwegian swimmers who are going to take Laure swimming in Tromso in a few weeks time. Perfect!
Thanks to Jaana Tarma for the photos. And also thanks to Laure Latham for extra photos and Joe Johnson's sister.
Yours swimmingly
[John Tierney]
