“Long Swims …and short dips” 2023 calendars are for sale – available to buy from Etsy now. My apologies for … More
Tag: Lake District
Water Sprite
In a day of much weather I walked up the steep path to Scales Tarn, which lies in the arms … More
Bowscale Tarn
“Immortal Bowscale” from a swim 18/4/22 Bowscale Tarn is not particularly on the way up anything, and so it happens … More
“Come on Emma, just bloody well get in!” …said Emma
It was not warm in Derwentwater: not yet ‘Baltic’, but well into ‘quite nippy’. It was past sunset and Emma … More
With Jackie in Crummock water: “She goes in, even in the winter”
It was not winter, but a cold reluctant spring and feisty April weather (I have been slow to draw this … More
It was summer, only just now…
The first leaves began to fall, it seems like only yesterday. It was a few weeks ago in fact when … More
On getting into Lakes
A quick impromptu dip, in – ahem – just my bra and pants. Getting into the habit of putting a … More
Swimming with Mother
Amidst intermittent torrential showers Mother and I braved Ullswater’s choppy waters. Last time I was here, the water was a … More
To Wildcat Island…
Chillswim Coniston end-to-end 2016 On Saturday we swam the five and a quarter mile length of Coniston, me and about … More
Self-Portrait, in Red Tarn
I’ve walked to the top of Helvellyn an uncounted number of times over the last 30… 35… years, but I’ve … More