Shopping

A few days after my swim at Lulworth I went to the sport shop JJB in Exeter and bought a Speedo mask/fin/snorkel set (Speedo make swimming costumes and stuff like that). The mask was sturdy and had tempered glass, which I knew that was important. The snorkel had a sort of reservoir to collect water that might splash in the top; which I liked the idea of, thinking back to having tried a U-shaped one as a kid and hating it - I remember it was orange and had a horrible hard mouthpiece. My new snorkel had a purge valve too, whatever that was. The fins (full foot) looked liked they'd work ok. When I got some fins the right size sorted out, it was time for a trip to the beach and try it all out.