[thechat] Garner for Ben

[Martin Burns]

On 28 Jan 2003, Seb Potter wrote:

> I offer for your consideration : http://www.serpentineswimmingclub.com/
>
> The Peter Pan swimming club is (possibly) the oldest in the world,
> certainly in the UK. Every christmas day at 9am, since 1864, they have
> held the Peter Pan Cup, an astonishing 100 yard swim. The Serpentine (a
> branch of the River Thames in east London) regularly freezes, and many
> years a hole had to be dug in the ice to allow the race to take place.

We also have the Looney Dook - similar, but in the Firth of Forth on New
Year's Day.

> I know several ballerinas. I studied ballet myself from the age of 14.
> It makes you VeryHardIndeed (tm). I found it at least as challenging as
> Capoeira, and far more so than Judo and Karate.

Hey Seb - that BBC1 trail with the 2 guys on the rooftop. Is that
Capoeira?

Cheers
Martin


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