Nice Weather for (Rubber) Ducks

Vobster, yesterday. It was indeed fine weather for ducks. Fortunately there we were to take advantage of it: a flotilla … More

Wilting in a Wetsuit

I never have really got on with wetsuits, and I hadn’t put mine on since last year. Apparently this was … More

This is the drawing I meant to do two months ago, the start of one of Vobster’s Aquathalons. That’s me, … More

Shingle. Approaching the water* I notice I am once more doing the arms-raised thing. This is not the impending cold … More

Our early Tuesday morning swim and the changing rooms, always deserted before, have become a disconcerting gothic scene of hanging … More

This was yesterday at Clevedon, from the Pier to the Bay, turning with the tide, and back again. It was … More

Now we know that it is summer: last week Jim took off his wetsuit, and got back in the lake! … More

Spring has sprung in the lake. It gets in through the front of one’s swimming costume and collects where it … More

What I really wanted was to swim in the Roman Baths, but you are not allowed to, so we went … More

Clevedon Pier this morning with me beneath it, just there, at the bottom. I think I may have made the … More