Ghislaine

Apologies for the lack of swimming scribbles, I have been devoting time to some swimming paintings instead. Some of these … More

How to get into Cold Water

A few tried and tested methods… Some enter the water while raising arms in an attempt to remain as dry … More

It helps to know when the school holidays are, if only because the traffic is different and sometimes everyone heads … More

If you haven’t already bought one of my calendars or Swimflake hats (or if you want another) you might like … More

On Saturday I swam in Scales Tarn, overlooked by Blencathra, while a crocodile of people plodded on up the tricky … More

The 2018 calendar is available now, from my Etsy shop here There seemed to be something of a unifying theme … More

On Sunday I swam at Clevedon. If you’re not an open water swimmer you may be unaware that the subject … More

Jackie and I went swimming in Ullswater last week. The rain in the morning was so heavy I discovered that, … More

Sometimes unexpected worlds meet. Before I painted a lot of swimmers, I painted (amongst other things) a lot of ladies … More

I’ve been looking at some of my photos taken at Vobster Quay, of swimmers underwater. I take these as an … More