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Jim Dale Grey (84)

STAR LETTER “If I don’t do it now, I never will” Jim Dale Grey (84) has wanted to do the annual New Year’s Day swim in Mojacar (Spain) for a long time but says, “I always chickened out”. In 2020, he finally plucked up the courage. “If I don’t do it now, I never will,” he added. “It was cold, very cold, but not as bad as I thought it might be. I was swept along by the crowd.”

Wendy Jones

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