Never mind the temperature is only just above freezing in London today, as I was sitting on the top deck of a no.38 this morning, I saw this:
Yes, that's right. A whole herd of semi-naked men jogging along New Oxford Street, wearing only trainers, swimming trunks and hats (and smiles!). Sorry about the blurry picture, but I took it on my phone and I was laughing like a drain at the time - as were the rest of my fellow passengers. It caused quite a to-do!
Anyway, when I got home I did a little research on who these brave British lads might have been. (Never thought I'd have cause to type the words "swimming trunks fun run london" into a search engine in my life, but life often surprises you, doesn't it?)
It turns out this was the annual Smugglers' Run - link to a news article about it here. These brave/eccentric/barking mad (delete as appropriate) souls are raising money for male charities at the same time as raising female temperatures across the captial. Good on yer, lads.
6 comments:
Would you have preferred they'd been starkers?...lol
I think they went far enough!
Crikey, that's a sight you don't see in Newmarket.
And this is precisely why I need to move to England.
Their bravery warms the heart if not the outer parts of the body. Bravo to them for cheering up a winter morning.
Well, they certainly cheered up the top deck of the no. 38 bus! I've never heard so many elderly ladies chuckle in unison.
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