A selection of some of the many wonderful resources that people have been putting online to help keep us interested, informed, involved while staying at home, including heritage, oral history, photos and films, nature, literature … Continue reading Cultural online resources →

Staying in (or at least at home) is the new going out, and loads of organisations are putting together useful, fun and interesting resources on everything, including relating to outdoor swimming, and to history, art, culture, wildlife…. Here are lots of links, local and beyond Continue reading Stay at Home resources, not just for swimmers →

When, where and how people swam or bathed – and what they wore – has changed over time, and here is one fascinating account from Wikipedia in a history of swimwear. Continue reading Swimming costumes and history →

Please follow latest government advice – Stay at home, with few exemptions. This means we should not be travelling to swim. Continue reading Current advice (24/03/20) on travelling to swim – don’t! →

I love swimming in rivers, especially in summer, when the waters sparkle and hold you in a warm embrace. I often swim alone, savouring the many sightings of kingfishers and even a rare otter, and sometimes I just like hiding away from the crowds. Continue reading I love river swimming →

Clay lakes usually have clean water. Some are used for formal swimming and other water activities, but most ban swimming. These beautiful places could be free for people to swim and enjoy responsibly and safely, with some advice on local conditions. On my swim trips over the summer I had several lovely experiences of clay lake swims, especially in Beds and around. Continue reading Swimming in clay and gravel lakes →

There was a salty flavour to my June 2019 Essex swim trip, with many enticing and interesting swim spots swum and considered. These swims were part of six months of swim trips during summer 2019 to celebrate East Anglia’s waters,  to mark becoming sixty, and to raise money for charities important to me. Continue reading Essex sea, estuary and salt water pool swims →

A Cambs dip, a jog, and a triple dip Sun 26 May: a Fenland adventure, dipping in the wake of Roger Deakin and Waterlog Reswum. These swims were part of six months of swim trips during summer 2019 to celebrate East Anglia’s waters,  to mark becoming sixty, and to raise money for charities important to me. Continue reading Adventure at Wicken and Adventurers Fen →

A week of early morning and evening dips at Trowse in early September, written during the week Continue reading Trowse Sept 2019 →

This swim trip was the culmination of six months of swims to mark my year of becoming 60 and to celebrate outdoor swimming in East Anglia. And a celebration that there will be funding for swimming projects in the Brecks (read about in separate section)! Continue reading Quick report Oct Brecks swim trip →