Second swim

Voluminous sea and immediate depth for excellent swimming. The Prussian blue of the rolling waves in the evening sunshine is cool and easy. The huge disc of the golden setting sun burns into the clouds and the rippling tops of the on-coming waves.

There is nothing difficult about this- it is sheer joy to swim back and forth and roll over to watch my feet flap in the gorgeous water. The sun lays a path for a swimmer seeking the heavenly road and to stretch out into the pathway is like heading home.

Salt, a substance so tasteful and a necessity of life, is here in abundance. It keeps the body at the surface of the sea and bears it along in the Eastern rolling waves. It is good for the body and improves the skin, and purifies any substances that find themselves in the ocean. As a disinfectant, it sterilised and is also good for the spirit, as it promotes well-being and the feeling of freedom in the water.