[Note: apologies for on-going lack of cats. I am on holiday and there are no cats here!] Yesterday I returned … More
Category: Events
A Fish out of Water
What I really wanted was to swim in the Roman Baths, but you are not allowed to, so we went … More
Underneath the Arches
Clevedon Pier this morning with me beneath it, just there, at the bottom. I think I may have made the … More
March Winds
The weather was a little frisky for our swim on Tuesday and I had to resort to front crawl on … More
While you were looking the other way…
Something amazing happened in the sky today. Nobody saw it of course, because we were all warned not to look, … More
The Race
(…being a thing run not against each other but against the onset of the shivering.) Whether we dress in a … More
The Cat of Blackmore
I do not know this cat’s name, but he lives at Blackmore Farm, a fantastic 15th century manor house. His … More
Getting In
My thermometer says it is still barely six degrees (though discussions with people on site suggest it might be nearly … More
The Recovery Position
This is the recovery position for winter swimmers, not for drunk people. Though addled brains, an inability to speak in … More
Underwater: undercover
I know a certain lady fond of dipping. I would not be surprised if she had swum, summer and winter, … More