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Body care: skin protection creams
Being outdoors in the colder months can be tough on our skin. Try these skin protection creams and repair balms…
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A pool of one’s own: the rise of natural swimming pools
With an increased interest in outdoor swimming there is a new demand for privately-owned natural swimming ponds. Ella Foote takes…
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A wild swimming adventure in the Hebrides
Ella Foote travels to the Isle of Mull for a summer swim adventure with Wild Hebridean Swimming.
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A guide to water temperature
Swimmers have widely differing opinions about comfortable water temperatures and people’s bodies respond differently
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Sea pool sanctuaries
Architect, urban swimming expert and now author, Chris Romer Lee has made waves in outdoor swimming for a decade and…
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Go with the flow
Rivers have a beginning, middle and end – maybe that’s why so many of us love a river swim. Ella…
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Kernow calling: A swimming holiday in Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow) has the longest coastline in Britain and is famed for warmer, sunnier weather than the rest of the…
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Best plus-size swimsuits
Editor Ella Foote reviews the latest swimsuits for plus-size swimmers.
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Inspiring us this month: Amr Wolf
In our new series, we will be featuring swimmers and personalities who have inspired us by simply being themselves. This…
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Putting the sass and style into modest swimwear
If swimming is for everyone, why is it that some needs are still not met when it comes to suitable…
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Paradise in Penzance
Cool harbour dips and geothermal waters: Ella Foote explores this arty Cornish town.
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Portishead Popsicle
Open water synchro, an inflatable race and wacky costumes delight cold water swimmers at the bonkers but brilliant Portishead Popsicle.
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How hard is it to make your own swimsuit?
Editor Ella Foote embarks on a two-day course with The Swimming Seamstress, Amanda Bowden, to learn how to make your…
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Christmas Gifts for Outdoor Swimmers 2022
Unique and thoughtful gifts for wild swimmers, cold water dippers, open water racers and marathon swimmers
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Soak your body and mind with TRIHARD
Despite spending a lot of time in the water I still love to get home from a swim and plunge…
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Take the plunge with WaterAid and transform lives
WaterAid’s flagship swimming event, Swim Marathon, is back with a splash for its third year.
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Swimming the Queen’s Baton relay
Lauren Sharp swims the Queen's Baton across Taplow Lake as part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games relay
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Newly renovated marine lake opens
After much campaigning, Weston’s marine lake has reopened. Volunteer group, the Mudlarks, organised for a dredger to spend a month…
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Community led swimming ponds for East London
A community group has launched a Crowdfunder project to transform an East London industrial site into community-owned natural swimming ponds…
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Kessock Ferry Swim returns with 300 swimmers
After a fifty-year gap 300 swimmers took to the water in Inverness last weekend for the revival of the Kessock…
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More support for Grange Lido
Eden Project co-founder Sir Tim Smit has backed calls to restore the lido in Grange Over Sands, Cumbria.
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New look for Outdoor Swimmer
Outdoor Swimmer’s website and magazine have got a new look this month. As well as new content, contributors and style,…
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Swim at sunrise on World Bathing Day
Next Monday, June 22, is World Bathing Day and the Bathe the World Foundation is asking people across the globe…
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River Wharfe in Ilkley becomes first section of river in UK to be given bathing water status
Christmas has come early for swimmers and environmental campaigners in Yorkshire after it was announced a stretch of the River…
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Free water safety toolkit from the RLSS
As a result of Covid-19 RNLI lifeguards are not currently operating and many supervised open water venues are still closed.…
