Sergeant Stripes came to us yesterday at less than 4 weeks old. It is possible that some very awful people…
Ships That Pass At Mid-Morning
Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against a nice warm swim at 20 degrees in the summer, nothing…
Listen to my ears!
Percy is STARVING* and is expressing his anguish with all of the waggling his considerable ears can muster. He can…
Look out behind me!
…backstroke in the Marine Lake A glorious morning, a quite ridiculous 22 degrees in the water, and I am swimming…
Last cold swim till Novermber
In my (albeit fairly limited) experience, it is always colder in Ullswater. I don’t know why, but I don’t just…
Things to do on a Wet Sunday in Cumbria
It is Sunday, the Sunday before a bank holiday Monday no less, and I am in Cumbria. Of course it…
Arctic Breeze
I’m in Cumbria but this is not Cumbria. Catching up on some swimming moments as work has been too busy…
The Silly Hat Swim
At Clevedon Marine Lake Grand Opening On 2nd April 2016 the Marine Lake was officially re-opened, following an extensive repair…
The Watchers on the Beach
Last weekend I went to Norfolk. We drove to the beach, my brother, Georgia and I, and it was a…
In Norfolk
Cat-of-the-day has been rather neglected of late, in favour of artwork I actually have to get on with, so this…