www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35140756
...
... so I can
well~believe the temperature
you've quoted for the Derby area, Michael.
Roughly the same up here.
But the notion of a
swim ANYWHERE in
in
December?
Brr ... ! Nooo thanks!
Having
said that, I spent a couple of hours in the
sea on Christmas Day,
2008.
Mind you, that was at Myrna's relatives'
beach resort in the Phils
!