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Sep 2017
9:46am, 20 Sep 2017
7,875 posts
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Little Nemo
Is there room for a vest or T-shirt under your wetsuit? I've found that keeps me warmer in cold water. Although, tbh I don't think I've ever been in water that cold! Good luck!!! 
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Sep 2017
9:57am, 20 Sep 2017
19 posts
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Capricorn
yeah - that's a thought ... my tri-top - and calf compression tubes
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Sep 2017
12:23pm, 20 Sep 2017
1,994 posts
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ferret
Thin wool top? But need to experiment in case it rubs on a long swim, oh not sure now, maybe tritop is better. Wool works for winter windsurfing but swimming's so repetitive
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Sep 2017
10:33am, 25 Sep 2017
20 posts
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Capricorn
Well I ended up wearing a fairly tight running (technical material) top under my wetsuit - and my body was actually toasty warm. The (blue seventy) swim socks and gloves were brilliant too - and I never really noticed the cold after the initial shock of the icy face plunge wore off! There was a really strong current too which made it a lot of fun - so I did 7km in 1:13 !!! Hahahahaha - that's 58s/100yds - I usually do double that!
Fab event if any of you are that way inclined - entry opens Feb again I presume - and sold out in days this year (Wild Wye River Swim).
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Sep 2017
12:00pm, 25 Sep 2017
7,893 posts
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Little Nemo
Well done Capricorn, that sounds like a great event
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Sep 2017
3:54pm, 25 Sep 2017
19,796 posts
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LazyDaisy
Well done Capricorn! Glad the base layer under the wetsuit helped.
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Sep 2017
4:06pm, 25 Sep 2017
2,106 posts
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1step2far
Sounds amazing! 😃
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Sep 2017
7:02pm, 25 Sep 2017
2,009 posts
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ferret
Well swum, that's a brilliant speedy 7k & brave, I don't think it would be very clear, as well as the chill.
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Oct 2017
1:14pm, 10 Oct 2017
2,053 posts
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ferret
I met a swimmer I hadn’t seen before at the pool yesterday who was kind enough to show me, & sign me in to, changing facilities I didn’t know about, right on the beach. We had a lovely swim, I’ll join up.
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Oct 2017
1:22pm, 10 Oct 2017
19,976 posts
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LazyDaisy
Ooh that sounds excellent Ferret! There were quite a few people in the sea in E Devon yesterday, most in wetsuits but there were still several skins. I really *must* take my stuff down next weekend, the weather forecast is 'mild' so the water's probably still warm enough for me to have a dip.
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