This weekend was the wonderful, fantastic event The Big Chill Swim, a winter swimming gala in Windermere, Cumbria, run by…
Getting Out
The lake was 4 degrees the other day, cold enough to make the nerves in hands and wrists fizz and…
Last Swim of 2015
Tuesday was our last swim of the year (I am not counting a visit to the swimming pool yesterday, which…
Do not disturb till 2016!
Merrymakers, make merry quietly. Revellers, revel softly. First Footers, please enter in your slippers. See in the New Year for…
…meanwhile in the fishtank
The water outside is getting colder. Not to cold to swim – that would be ridiculous – but maybe nearly…
Yep, now it’s cold…
Suddenly we have reached that time of year when chance onlookers may express not mere surprise, but disbelief, as if…
Quality Control
I had a load of printed stuff delivered today – mostly, excitingly, the Colouring-in Angels… but I can’t tell you…
A swim before Barney
Yesterday I swam in the marine lake in the morning, before Barney the Storm came in. Apparently storms shall have…
Tiny, Fragile Arthur
Arthur is so tiny and fragile, he feels the best place for him would be in an egg box. It…
The Creature of Clevedon Lagoon….
Our swim in the Marine Lake at Clevedon yesterday really did deserve a quick sketch, not only because it was…
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