Swimming EDF Style

We've been asking for a chance to go for a dip in a large water body (larger than the puddles we splash around in, at least. :P ) ever since we got here, two months ago. And every time the answer has been indefinite. Well, finally we had our chance yesterday (Sunday, 31 August). The temperature outside was a little over 10 degrees and the water was not much warmer.
We were yiven a course in water safety and how to rescue (or not rescue) a drowning body. I had to swim in almost freezing water, dragging along a free floating body that weighed more than I did and then rescue a drowned manny that also weighed more than I did. :P
At least I didn't drown. :)