Only 46 Days to Go........
Its Sea Time for Ricks (Bournemouth 5/5/12)
Big Ricks Double Channel Team, and Guests!
Ricks had the pleasure of been accompanied on our swims over the weekendby some of The Seabrook Seals O.W Swim Team
(Gary,Paul,Doug,Richard,Marcus,Alice,Emma and Rob)
Some Might Say...... All open water swimmers are Crazy, Mad, not the full packet, one can short of a 4-pack.. we could go on and on....!! , but on the other hand Some Might Say.. All open water swimmers are one offs, unique, special.. which are you...????..have a think about that one for a moment, whilst you listen to this week’s Ricks classic read along Tune... its “Some Might Say” by the bad boys of Manchester ..Oasis ..( a word of warning to some of our older readers ...this tune is bit loud..!! so turn it up and sing out loud...) Enjoy Ricks x
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| Big Ricks Home From Home, The Beautiful Sea Of Bournemouth |
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| Its shortly after 9am on a Saturday morning in Bournemouth and Big Ricks and the Young Seals ladies are discussing what is the plan of action for this mornings swim... |
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| .after fast team talk, mainly from Paul, is was decided to swim right to Bournemouth pier,once there, swim directly back to Boscombe pier (against the tide) and then swim back to the car, a nice 3 miles swim to warm up swim before a break..!! |
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| within 5 minutes of starting the Captain was already miles of course.. but we rounded him up and did the 1st part of our morning session with little problem (the 2 way pier to pier took around 1 hour 30 minutes for us all to finish..its a was great achievement by everyone , with the water being so cold ( swimming against tidal current from Bournemouth to Boscombe was particularly tough ) |
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| The Gimp and Earl Gay. Doug is smiling at Marcus`s get warm outfit after this mornings 1st swim, well we think that's what he is smiling at..or it could be that no one has yet told Earl Gay that we are about to have another go at 3 miles...;-) |
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| Capatin Cash wearing this years season latest Open water fashions.. The Bin Man look suits your eyes rob.! |
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| Two Tribes of Open Water Swimming in The UK.. Big Ricks and The Seabrook Seals O.W Swim Team our final picture with some of the seal group before ricks headed back into the sea. (The Seals Swim Team is Based in Bournemouth,if you ever find yourself in this part of the country and want to swim with a great bunch of people then we suggest you check out the seals , they will make you feel so welcome. but be warned they are Crazy.!!x.) http://www.SeabrookSeals.com |
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| The Gimp. Doug getting all excited with the thought we are about to get back in...!! |
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| The Gimp, Basher and The Meat Doug,Paul and Richard slowly make their way from the lovely warm cars to the sea not sure any of them was all the keen to back into the freezing sea..some of us still were still shaking from 1st swim..!! |
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| Finally after lots of moaning, (mainly by chunky boy cash and Earl Gay) we all get back in the lovely Bournemouth sea at 11.45am to have a go at another 3 miles of swimming .Now Some Might Say..this was crazy , and they`s be Right..!!! said Rob.. The Ricks Boys were Joined by Alice again for the swim.Alice is in training for a Relay and a solo swim of the channel this year, all of the guys were totally impressed by Alice's determination and we just know with a bit of luck she will be successful with both crossing. http://www.justgiving.com/Alice-swims-the-channel?fb_ref=fundraising-page-new&fb_source=home_oneline |
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| THE GIMP Doug as always was the 1st of the team to finish the 3 miles, asked if he enjoyed that...? to which he answered Noooooooooooooooooooooo..!! its hard to explain just how cold Doug and the rest of the team where after the 2nd time , when we all started the swim we all said it felt better than the 1st time in much warmer. ,however everyone agreed they start to feel the very cold a lot sooner , and so after an hour or so when we all started to shiver in the water, we knew it was time to get out asap..... |
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| Welcome to the changing rooms of an open water swimmer, no more cosy warm pool changing rooms to change in...the quay side, a river bank, a beach a car park are the changing rooms for O.W swimmers...it must be funny see us get changed...i mean you crawl out from the sea, freezing and shaking , then run to the car and try and open it, then try and get dressed which believe us in no easy thing to do when your shaking uncontrollably and you can not feel your hands or feet or other parts of your body..!!!!;-))..but eventually we all manage to get changed and as we drove away from the beach at about 2 in the afternoon , it was a job well done by all.. Paul said lets do the same again on Sunday...?? we can not print the guys answers to that.lol. |
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| After being up since 5.45 am , and then doing 3 hrs (5 miles) of swimming we finally hit the pub around 4 in the afternoon to warm up .!! Ha warm up.?? believe that one, and you will believe Ricks are all none drinkers.!!;-) |
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| The Meat... We are not saying Richard was hungry but this was his starter..!! We all had a great afternoon, having a few beers ,then tucking into some great food in the slug and lettuce pub while watching the F.A Cup Final and Then finally and we finished the night of dancing the night away in Aruba http://aruba-bournemouth.co.uk/ Now Ricks Might Say This Was The Perfect day...!!! |
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| The Gimp and Big Edge.. They always say pictures speak louder than words.?? well i Think you can all guess from the picture what Doug thinks of Pauls suggestion that we should do another 3 hrs of swimming this morning.!! and as for Gary..well he is just not amused at all..lol ;-)))) |
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| The Captain Run Forest Run....!! A Ricks Legend ..Rob `Chunky Boy` Cash.... Rob could not hold himself anymore he was bursting with excitement ,So keen was the Captain to start training on Sunday morning he did his Usain Bolt impression into the sea .. well we think that's why he was in such a rush to get in, what else could it have been.? most likely he drank to many Jagerbombs in Aruba the night before....lol .. ;-)) (Bournemouth Beach 9.am on 6/5/12)  it took 90 minutes and almost 100 miles to warm up after Sunday morning swim. before we finally stopped to get changed into normal clothes.... The weekend was just what big ricks needed, after a winter in the pool , and then a month in swan lake , to finally get back into the sea was just what was called for...i think the everyone in the team felt it was job well done, swimming over 3 and 1/2hrs in 10 degree sea water is good for anyone...but especially for 6 middle aged men from the midlands who have a double channel swim to do next month.. some might say we are crazy and mad to do what we do, but Ricks never did mind what some might say....;-))))  The great Big Edge Big Ricks Swim Team are attempting a Swim For Life in June of 2012 we are doing a 2 way swim of the English Channel in aid of The British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK The Fight To Beat Breast Cancer if you wish to help and support with our "" Swim For Life "" http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/bigricks ( to donate simply click the link above ) Thank you..Big Ricks x Big Ricks Picture of The Week  The Delightful Katrina Weller for The Seabrook Seals Team. Ricks owe Kat a massive thanks, for helping to dress some of the team (Marcus.) after the cold swims, for looking after the car keys, for walking along the beach as we swam to keep us and the other seals safe , for pouring out our coffees after we got out as we could not stop shaking long enough to pour it ourselves and last for getting up early in Saturday morning and baking us all some of your beautiful muffins ..Thank you Kat..Ricks x  if you wish to help and support with our "" Swim For Life "" http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/bigricks ( to donate simply click the link above ) Thank you..Big Ricks x |
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