The powers that be have clarified that swimming is not an approved activity during lockdown,so my swim with the dogs on Friday will be my last of the summer. Early April is late for a last swim, I guess it\u2019s easy to forget with all our immediate coronavirus problems that climate change is still bubbling away there in the background. Well, they say it\u2019s important for one\u2019s mental well-being to be able to live in the moment – and I really enjoyed that swim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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