the silly season starts

Down to Tooting Bec lido with Kate. Sign in the entrance says 4 degrees. Kate does two widths (60m) and there's a film of her on Facebook. I think to myself that 15 widths is what I'll have to do for the endurance race in January, but get out after two. I don't get any shivers, but feel enough is enough. The other Carl has been made redundant, so we've got a few weeks to swim together (work dries up for a few weeks from early December) and get acclimatised.