I was just thinking about the time I nearly drowned in the sea...I am not a strong swimmer...and don't usually go deeper than my hips..I was in the north of Spain...the sea was a bit wild, but the weather was boiling hot..so in I went...
I was standing there hip deep when a wave knocked me off my feet..I could feel the undercurrents dragging me out to sea..I was gasping..coughing...and my feet did not touch the sandy bottom...I was being rolled around like a piece of flotsam..I tried shouting help but there was no-one there, and I couldn't breathe by this time..
A large wave arrived and threw me towards some rocks...and kept on banging me against the rocks which were covered in barnacles and were lacerating my body as I tried to climb out..
With a last effort..I managed to climb onto these rocks...pouring with blood...
30 mins later, a man turned up in a small boat and took me back to shore...
Scary!!!
I was standing there hip deep when a wave knocked me off my feet..I could feel the undercurrents dragging me out to sea..I was gasping..coughing...and my feet did not touch the sandy bottom...I was being rolled around like a piece of flotsam..I tried shouting help but there was no-one there, and I couldn't breathe by this time..
A large wave arrived and threw me towards some rocks...and kept on banging me against the rocks which were covered in barnacles and were lacerating my body as I tried to climb out..
With a last effort..I managed to climb onto these rocks...pouring with blood...
30 mins later, a man turned up in a small boat and took me back to shore...
Scary!!!