Nyad: Never ever give up!

"Nyad" the movie about the amazing Diana Nyad's 100 mile swim from Cuba to Key West opened here in Ireland this weekend. It is a Netflix presentation so it seems like it was a limited cinema release with it then going live on Netflix in a month.

After searching around I saw that it was in Dundrum Centre Cinema on Sunday afternoon so we headed off on the Luas to see it there. 

Wow was it inspirational!

After being beaten by the cruel Florida Straits in the 1970's as a young lady, Diana made a plan to do it at the grand young age of 60. With her trainer and best friend Bonnie, she made attempt after attempt (4 times) until she finally succeeded on 2nd of Sept 2013, with a team of support around her. The film is so great and in particular the acting by both Annette Benning and Jodie Foster - they deserve Oscar nods, I think.

Diana's achievement was a serious feat and it made me feel like anything is possible. It also brought back memories to me of the Key West Swim that my sisters and I did, when we competed in the Key West Swim as a relay in the Island Swim - all 12.5 miles of it!

And speaking of sisters, look who my twin sister actually met in Key West this Saturday - only Diana Nyad who was in Key West to mark the 10 year anniversary of her epic swim.

Amy went to the movie also yesterday, and you can read her blog about it here.

And for us, after our trip to Dundrum, we stayed on the Luas until it got in to the city where we strolled down to Capel Street for wings in All Bar Chicken.

On the way to Capel Street we stopped off in Arnotts where Ciaran got a new Secrid wallet as well as getting his old one repaired by the fantastic counter assistant. So now he has two Secrid wallets. He plans to continue to use the old paint splattered one for a while more, before he switches to his new one!