SHARING WITH ME

Another adventure was about to begin. A much needed break. Certainly not at the seaside during the summer months. A place where I could swim and get away from it all. After a bit of zapping around on Internet in the early months of the year, I decided on a place called Duingt. The name was impossible to pronounce so maybe easier to say it was on the Annency lake in the Haute Savoie. A three and a half hour TGV trip from Paris in very gloomy weather, a taxi ride and there I was in a breath taking spot right on  the lake. For the moment the sun was trying its best to shine but with a lot of difficulty. I plunged my toes into the lake and as they didn't drop off, this was to dive into. Five minutes later I did. Outside of a swimming pool, this was my first swim in a "natural environment" in more than four years. Bliss and all those hours spent in the gym, gave me the strength to swim quite a distance. From my bedroom window The Main Building Down to swim a