This has been a stressful week. After a year of studying hard, my Open University Spanish exam finalarrived. Needless to say, swimming wasn’t really top of my priorities list and I spent most of my time sitting at my desk with my books. Yesterday morning I drove to Milton Keynes and sat the 3 hour exam. Here’s hoping the result is good when I get it.

I have taken OU exams for the last couple of years but this year has been different. Normally, afterwards I just want to collapse, sleep, watch TV,…. but this year, on the drive home, the sun was shining and the first thing that popped into my mind was “what a lovely afternoon for a swim”. What had started as a stressful day ended with my feeling very relaxed after a swim at Hinksey Outdoor Pool.

Beautiful.