Swim the Door
What Are These Pages About Digger?
STD (Swim the Door). Errh. Durdle Door . What else could it be about?
What is Durdle Door?
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Durdle Door is a sea arch off the Dorset coast
“Sea arches are formed by the effects of wave action. It is a little known fact that in storms the pressure against a sheer cliff face may be in the region of 30 tons per sq metre. The water initially attacks weakness in the rock which can form caves. If you get two caves on opposite sides of a headland that eventually run into one another, the result will be an arch like Durdle Door.”
(inf. “I Spy Book of the Seashore”)
Swimming the Door?!
In 2005 Digger was to reach a “significant” age so (for no good reason) he thought it would be nice to get 40 people to Swim the Door* (STD) during his birthday week. Following the huge success of the event (STD05), Swim the Door has been repeated every year since.
Use the drop down Swim the Door menu above to see pages celebrating those swims.
To “Swim the Door” has now been added to Fowlers Modern English Usage and Rogets Thesaurus and this website will explain why.
Heading off
On the way back
The 2005 A Team
Blog Posts in 'Swim the Door' category
- Dates fixed for Swim the Door 2012 - Feb 12th, 2012
- STD11 awards - Jun 25th, 2011
- “We survived” - Jun 14th, 2011
- See you at The Door - Jun 8th, 2011
- Four days and counting - Jun 5th, 2011
- Only 7 days to Swim the Door 2011 - Jun 2nd, 2011
- Swim the Door Reconnaissance - May 16th, 2011
- Swim the Door Update - May 11th, 2011
*IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
Like all open water swimming, and life in general, there are DANGERS, HAZARDS and RISKS involved in this activity. If you are not an experenced, confident swimmer, used to cold water and sea water conditions in Britain you would be stupid to try to Swim the Door however warm, flat and inviting it may look.
Every effort has been made in the preparation of this document to provide as accurate information as possible. All statements and opinions are offered in good faith. The author cannot accept any responsibility for errors resulting from data supplied by a third party or the influence of alcohol or even the onset of old age. Therefore the author will not be liable for any loss of life or injury (however hideous) arising from decisions or actions made upon the basis of this document.