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Build your own adventure
There’s enormous joy to be found in building your own adventure, not for performance but for play, says editor Ella…
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After dusk
In general, but not always, bodies of water are often calmer at night, so instead of having to swim at…
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Pitch perfect: swim and stay
Ella Foote and her family head to East Sussex for a weekend of swimming, camping and adventure with Vango Outdoors
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Dive into Fife: Scotland’s pocket of sunshine
Ella Foote heads to Fife, Scotland and discovers that the sun really does shine brighter and longer on the East…
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Lengthening your swims
April is about lengthening your time in the water, lengthening your stroke and lengthening your attention span so you can…
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Weekend swim retreat: Lime Cross Nursery, East Sussex
Weekend escapes with a swimming opportunity – Ella Foote shares her experience of the ÖÖD House at Lime Cross Nursery
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Event Review: Winter Swimming World Cup, Skellefteå, Sweden
Ella Foote travels to Northern Sweden to take part in the Winter Swimming World Cup in Skellefteå and learns that…
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Breath, water and vibration
Breathing correctly makes us better swimmers, but can working on breath on dryland helps us in the water? Ella Foote…
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Weekend swim retreat, Stanwell House Hotel, Hampshire
Editor Ella Foote shares her experience of a spa weekend at Stanwell House Hotel on the edge of the New…
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Dirty Business: Why we must watch, care – and still dive in
Gripping and sobering, Channel 4's Dirty Business shines an unapologetic spotlight on what’s been happening to our waterways and asks…
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Weekend swim retreat: Rothay Manor, Ambleside
Ella Foote heads to the Lake District for a weekend swim break just a short distance from Windermere and central…
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Law, access and our relationship with water
Ella Foote talks with academic Cristy Clark about her new book, Legal Geographies of Water, and why our relationship with…
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Arabian adventure: swim-trekking in Oman
Ella Foote joined SwimTrek in the Middle East and enjoyed so much more than she ever imagined…
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Rest, reflect and reset this winter
With all the excitement and buzz around winter swimming, it is easy to forget that these cool, dark months are…
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Swim your own swim this winter
When it comes to winter swimming, remember ‘you do you’, advises editor Ella Foote
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Pizza, pasta and plunges
According to Harper’s Bazaar, Lake Orta is the new Lake Como for those who want a taste of the Italian…
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Winter swimming preparation
"You only need one wild swim a week to acclimatise to the dropping temperatures," says editor Ella Foote
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Fin-tastic mermaid in the making
Developments in swimming has also enabled creativity and fun to thrive. Ella Foote pulls on a mermaid tail and monofin…
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Floating without fear
Actress, author and filmmaker Cat White has launched her most recent project, Swim Sistas, her first documentary that explores of…
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Weekend swim retreat: Plas Weunydd, Eryri
Ella Foote shares her experience of Plas Weunydd, Eryri (Snowdonia) where she met up with local wild swimming guide Vivienne…
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So, you want to be a swim guide?
Guiding swimmers in the water, around the world or locally in the UK sounds like a dream job, but what…
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Swimmable Cities: the urban swimming movement
The first Swimmable Cities summit was held in Rotterdam in the Netherlands last month. It started with a ‘big splash’…
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Feral and free at Fritton Lake
Every swimmer loves a hotel with a pool, but Fritton Lake offers so much more for open water enthusiasts, Ella…
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How to make protein bagels
Do you save recipes on social media and never try them out? Here we take a trending ‘health’ recipe and…
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Plan a midsummer solstice swim
This month why not celebrate midsummer with a sunrise or sunset swim, says Editor Ella Foote, who is also an…
