I usually swim with Lucy at Clevedon Marine Lake. A fantastic and free facility but the lake is topped up…
Maeve Mulcahy, first woman to swim Fastnet to Baltimore
“Many years ago, a very wise young man, Owen O’Keefe, a.k.a. Fermoy Fish, said to me, always remember if you’re…
Ghislaine
Apologies for the lack of swimming scribbles, I have been devoting time to some swimming paintings instead. Some of these…
Distant snowflakes
My snowflakes / swimflakes hats are getting about a bit, I just wanted to show you a couple of photos…
How to get into Cold Water
A few tried and tested methods… Some enter the water while raising arms in an attempt to remain as dry…
Portishead Popsicle swim cap
Behold the Portishead Popsicle swim cap! I think I got most of the important things into the picture: The water…
A Swimmer Tattoo
It’s not often people ask me for artwork they are going to wear for the rest of their lives, so…
The Duck says it’s 9 degrees
…But we think it’s much warmer. My thermometer claims it’s nearly 10.5. Winter swimmers will understand the difference. Once it…
It was summer, only just now…
The first leaves began to fall, it seems like only yesterday. It was a few weeks ago in fact when…
The Perils of Half Term Holiday Swimming
It helps to know when the school holidays are, if only because the traffic is different and sometimes everyone heads…