New Year’s Day 2017

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

Single Figures

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

We had our correct hats on, Clare and I. Perfectly synchronized with each other and with the view. The hat, … More

….though it would be fair to say that it is more definitively occupied at one end than the other. Sergeant … More

Wormy is still around, but currently in favour is Catnip Dynamite, a highly bitable stuffed cloth cylinder attached to a … More

I have an electric propagator. It is basically a plastic tray with an electric heater beneath its surface, so that … More

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

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

This weekend was the wonderful, fantastic event The Big Chill Swim, a winter swimming gala in Windermere, Cumbria, run by … More