The BBC are on the beach again!

It’s been a funny time down at Clevedon Beach. Suddenly you can’t go for a swim without tripping over a … More

New Year’s Day 2017

Clevedon Marine Lake Quite unlike the Last Swim of 2016, the first swim of 2017 was a mass affair. More … More

‘Why do you do it?’ said the diver, struggling into her drysuit and eyeing my swimming costume with a tinge … More

On Friday I drove down to Poole, to swim in the sea with the lovely ladies – and two gentlemen … More

I have several jumper-dresses, which I mostly live in through the winter – a single item of clothing that takes … More

On Friday we swam from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door: Fiona, Sara, Marcus, Jim, Chris and I. We had wetsuits, … More

September 15th: Vobster Quay’s annual ‘Glow Swim’ and the swimmers are ready to go. Once, twice… four times round the … More

Chillswim Coniston end-to-end 2016 On Saturday we swam the five and a quarter mile length of Coniston, me and about … More

…backstroke in the Marine Lake A glorious morning, a quite ridiculous 22 degrees in the water, and I am swimming … More

It is Sunday, the Sunday before a bank holiday Monday no less, and I am in Cumbria. Of course it … More