Swimming in the rain, at Vobster. I would have liked to draw us and the bubbles all in one picture, … More
Tag: wild swimming
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
Buttermere, by myself, 28th October
The last of my Lake District sketches (for a while). This is me, swimming the length of Buttermere, and somewhat … More
The Bringer of Shoes
Wastwater, 26th October. The Bringer of Shoes! That was my brother, wandering down to see why, having swum most of … More
A surprising tail, 15th July
The Environment Agency is beginning flood-relief work on the River Sowy, and other water-related levels stuff. I know this because … More