The Manly Ferry Mother-ship.

We have only been living in Mojacar for two months and have found the local community to be ultra welcoming.

One of the local forums were running the inaugural 'Mojacar New Years Day Dip' today.  They asked us to join them, so we offered the Manly Ferry as the Mother-ship!

We supplied the oven, the fridge/freezer, hot shower, outdoor BBQ, toilet and changing room for all the participants. 

They estimated a crowd of about 15-20 people.....they were very wrong! 

We arrived early and set up the van ...

By 11.30 about 50 people had turned up ...

We had pre swim champers ...

By the time we went in for the noon swim there were about 45 swimmers and 50 watchers ...

After the swim it was time for nibbles and drinks all served from The Manly Ferry ...

Elaine and her friend, Wendy dished up the drinks and food whilst I slaved away in the galley cooking it! (Well, heating up sausage rolls etc in the oven !!) 

It was a fantastic day and we met more lovely people!

The actual swim part was a piece of cake ... the air temp was 21, the sea temp 17 with no wind and clear blue skies......easy peasy.