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

Ullswater, bejewelled

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

I’ve walked to the top of Helvellyn an uncounted number of times over the last 30… 35… years, but I’ve … More

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, at Vobster. I would have liked to draw us and the bubbles all in one picture, … More

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

[Note: apologies for on-going lack of cats. I am on holiday and there are no cats here!] Yesterday I returned … More

My thermometer says it is still barely six degrees (though discussions with people on site suggest it might be nearly … More

I know a certain lady fond of dipping. I would not be surprised if she had swum, summer and winter, … More

Vobster at sunrise yesterday! Still mist on the water. Ruth and Jim ahead of me and when I looked up … More