Anoraks & Budgie-smugglers

This weekend was the wonderful, fantastic event The Big Chill Swim, a winter swimming gala in Windermere, Cumbria, run by … More

Getting Out

The lake was 4 degrees the other day, cold enough to make the nerves in hands and wrists fizz and … More

Tuesday was our last swim of the year (I am not counting a visit to the swimming pool yesterday, which … More

Merrymakers, make merry quietly. Revellers, revel softly. First Footers, please enter in your slippers. See in the New Year for … More

The water outside is getting colder. Not to cold to swim – that would be ridiculous – but maybe nearly … More

Suddenly we have reached that time of year when chance onlookers may express not mere surprise, but disbelief, as if … More

I had a load of printed stuff delivered today – mostly, excitingly, the Colouring-in Angels… but I can’t tell you … More

Yesterday I swam in the marine lake in the morning, before Barney the Storm came in. Apparently storms shall have … More

Arthur is so tiny and fragile, he feels the best place for him would be in an egg box. It … More

Our swim in the Marine Lake at Clevedon yesterday really did deserve a quick sketch, not only because it was … More