It was not winter, but a cold reluctant spring and feisty April weather (I have been slow to draw this … More
Tag: wild swimming
Ullswater, bejewelled
Jackie and I went swimming in Ullswater last week. The rain in the morning was so heavy I discovered that, … 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
Circumnavigation of Burgh Island, with Gin & Tonic
So yesterday we swam round Burgh Island. Plum Duff was suffering from a dodgy shoulder from a 5 hour swim … More
Swimming in the Rain
Swimming in the rain, at Vobster. I would have liked to draw us and the bubbles all in one picture, … More
Spring Greens
Spring has sprung in the lake. It gets in through the front of one’s swimming costume and collects where it … More
The Trouble with Tarns
[Note: apologies for on-going lack of cats. I am on holiday and there are no cats here!] Yesterday I returned … More
Getting In
My thermometer says it is still barely six degrees (though discussions with people on site suggest it might be nearly … More
Underwater: undercover
I know a certain lady fond of dipping. I would not be surprised if she had swum, summer and winter, … More
Too cold for wetsuits, we better go in without them! Vobster, 16th December
Vobster at sunrise yesterday! Still mist on the water. Ruth and Jim ahead of me and when I looked up … More