Low Autumn Sun on Sunday Morning

Last Sunday I got up at 6.30 to fit in a swim in the Marine Lake at Clevedon. The lake … More

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 … More

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

I’m in Cumbria but this is not Cumbria. Catching up on some swimming moments as work has been too busy … More

At Clevedon Marine Lake Grand Opening On 2nd April 2016 the Marine Lake was officially re-opened, following an extensive repair … More

Last weekend I went to Norfolk. We drove to the beach, my brother, Georgia and I, and it was a … More

The lake was 4 degrees the other day, cold enough to make the nerves in hands and wrists fizz and … More

Tuesday was our last swim of the year (I am not counting a visit to the swimming pool yesterday, which … More

Suddenly we have reached that time of year when chance onlookers may express not mere surprise, but disbelief, as if … More

Yesterday I swam in the marine lake in the morning, before Barney the Storm came in. Apparently storms shall have … More