The Outdoor Swimming in Breckland Facebook group has now reached an amazing 500 members, and is a wonderful swimming community for this area. To celebrate, we asked members to tell us why they swim and what they get out of it, and to share photos of their favourite swim places in Breckland. And here is what they said – beautiful evocations of the joy of swimming. Continue reading Why we swim in Breckland waters →

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. This is a plea for, and information on, making these beautiful places free for people to swim and enjoy responsibly and safely, with some advice on local conditions. This would bring a wide range of benefits. On my swim & explore trips over summer 2019 I had several lovely experiences of clay lake swims, formal and wild, and could not see why they were more dangerous than anywhere else, or why those risks could not be mitigated. 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 →

I joined The Crazy Ladies for a lovely sociable swim in the sunshine at my local swim spot, Swanton Morley Mill (known locally as The Falls) Continue reading Swanton Morley 4 Oct swim →

I swam Suffolk over two weekends in September. Here are the Facebook posts during Part 2, 21-22 Sept. I invited people to join me, to support or to swim together at our own risk, or to sponsor me, to mark my year of becoming 60 and to celebrate outdoor swimming in East Anglia. Continue reading Quick report Suffolk Sept Part 2 →

Suffolk had so many swim spots to choose that I did two weekends in September and had to miss many out. These are the Facebook posts during the two days 7-8 Sept, in which I invited people to join me, to watch/ support or to swim together at our own risk, or to sponsor me, to mark my year of becoming 60 and to celebrate outdoor swimming in East Anglia. Continue reading Quick report Suffolk Sept Part 1 →