London (From) Under Water 

After some tumultuous time in Germany with intense water contact as some cities had been hit pretty badly by their rivers bursting the banks I have now come back to London to enjoy more water: 

Lately I get a pretty intense view of London from under water, having joined the "polar bears" at the Serpentine. 

Even though still waiting for colder weather and the real challenges this is a great forum to get further involved in long-distance- and open-water-swimming with some interesting people ...
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/shortcuts/2013/jun/19/david-cameron-famous-wild-swimmers)

Many of them aim for the Channel, and who knows where this will take me? 

I am quite relieved that I would not have to worry about "anti-shark-cages" 

or crazy jellyfishes too much there 

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22873566), 

but I also just got informed that the good old Bodensee is still not crossed successfully in its 64 k-trajectory.

Anyway, 

there are so many beautiful places to swim and enjoy out there without the need of getting too crazy ...

For now I am enjoying my mornings at the lake 

and also recently some of my evenings at the river ...