How hot is the sea where you are...?

Not only does this blog recount our experiences of holidays, life etc - it is also educational!

We have nearly been bestowed the honorary local titles of "Sea Princess" and "Aqua Boy" (or should that have been "Aqua Buoy"?) - due to the length of time we have spent in the sea - another five hours in or around the sea today - and rather than simply saying that the sea was warm, I thought I'd let you know how warm.

The average sea temperature around the UK coastline is about 12 - 14 degrees - hence why certain less hardy members of the clan, can take it or leave it. But here in sunny Madeira it is 22 degrees. So warm that even some of the fish that we see when snorkelling are actually "battered"!

There are so many decisions to make when on holiday - should I have a beer, ice cream etc etc or which restaurant should we eat in that it almost makes you too tired, but I suppose we'll try to keep it going for another few days. At the moment I'm thinking about going to the gym again..........................there, now I've stopped thinking about that and feel fitter already.