Three Score plus years and the rock swim

This where the river width increases so it appears as a little lake

This is the first leg crawl from the beach to the centre rock

The second leg is dolphin to the further rock

Third leg backstroke over to the rock slightly right of center

Fourth leg across from the rock to stones way on other side breaststroke and finally fifth leg the long stretch  crawl back to beach.

I have not found an Olympic official and timekeeper yet so have no posted times in case you were wondering?


Fifteen minutes from home is the Rockwood conservation area pictured above in the Rock swim route. 
The Woollen Mill was started in 1867 by Richard Harris, with the stone structure being built in 1884. The mill operated from 1867 until 1919, then reopened for a short time in the 1930's. The mill and the surrounding property were sold to the Conservation Authority in 1959. Much of the structure was destroyed by fire in 1965. Careful inspection along the river might turn up remnants of the foundations of workers' cottages. The preserved ruin of the old Harris Woollen Mill, the dam and millpond, Old Valley Road and the caves and pot holes are all of historical, architectural and geological interest and go a long way to explaining why Rockwood exists today.