"I'd like to be, under the sea, in an octopuss's garden near a cave". Well, not quite, but there is definitely something to be said for being in the water wearing a snorkel and mask. It's like looking in on a whole other alien world. I have always been keen on swimming, right from a child, but only learned to snorkel in my fifties.
Some people swim with Dolphins and Whales; I have swum with trout! There is a place near where I live, where every afternoon water is released from the hydro dam, down into the natural water course. (The river was diverted) There are trout in the pools there, and if you knew just the right time to go, and you didn't mind climbing down a bank and up a small waterfall, it was a wondrous experience!
You'd find all manner of stuff too, like old cameras, broken crockery, fishing flies, supermarket trolleys and even a fridge. You aren't allowed to go there now, the powers that be must have found out just how much fun it was and thought they'd put the codwash on it. Spoilsports!
So now it's just the lake, but that can be fun too, no sharks, although you have to watch out for the waves when boats pass by too close, and the lake weed, and the fishermen casting off the rocks.....
I'm off for a snork now, catch y'all later!
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