Swim the Door (20)19

Spot the difference competition

The start

Nearly everyone in (Note. the boats on the left are not the “official” rescue crafts)

Everyone in (bar Luke and his inflatable)

Going well

The main group of swimmers

The Door is in sight

The first swimmers start the anti-clockwise movement

Hurrah. The first swimmers are about to come through The Door

Traditional pose under the door (with unknown persons leg)

On the way back

Chloe and Emily (also known as “the children of the door”)

Digger (also known as “father of the Door”)

Luke (Godchild of the “father of the Door”)

Russell (a “Dorset-based veteran of STD” as demonstrated by this action photo)

Emily (as known as “The smiley young veteran”)

Mark and Zoe (also known as the “Dancers of the Door”)

Ron and Jono in synchronised breathing mode

Sandra and Zoe (also known as “adult smileys of the Door”)

Zoe (with this years rescue craft)

Maya (SLC), Courtney and Deby (also known as “Spoon Girls of the Door”)

Spoon Girls minus one

This photo is believed to show the first Spoon ever to Swim the Door

Traditional smokey barbee

Zoe in charge of circulating the smoke

People pointing at food supplied by Helen (queen of the barbee food and much missed over the last three years)

Gin O’Clock

Candle/firework O’Clock

Burning alcohol O’Clock

The swimmers at Lulworth (not how far JC has got before anyone else enters the water)

Lulworth Cove swimmers- Mark, JC and Digger

Lulworth Cover swimmers- Chloe, Emily, Mark and Digger

Swim and beach near Tynham