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Study for a painting that I think I might do – the expression taken from a photograph I took a…

Please excuse me while I move the deckchairs around

This blog is changing. This post is mostly to let you know if you are following by email. I need…

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

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

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

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

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

On Wednesday the marine lake had dropped to 9.5 degrees. This is not an unpleasant temperature at which to swim…

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

The central heating is not yet on, though I’m inclined to think it might be soon, but the log burner…