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A beginner’s guide to wild swimming
Daniel Start, author of Wild Swimming, shares his top tips for taking the plunge. ‘Wild Swimming’ is the ancient art…
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The native origins of freestyle
How white people named a style of swimming indigenous people had mastered millennia before
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“Swimming outdoors helps me cope with the loss of my daughter”
After losing his daughter to cancer, Alan Holmes has found that outdoor swimming helps with stress and lifts his mood during dark times.…
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Opinion: Open water swimmers should be treated the same as their counterparts from more popular sports
It is hypocritical to condemn elite open water swimmers seeking exemptions to travel to swim this year, while embracing other…
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Photo gallery: The underwater wonders of the UK’s seas
The Marine Conservation Society shares a selection of ocean photography showcasing the incredible animals on the UK's shores From the…
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Swimterview: Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden
Missing the great outdoors and wild water? Ella Foote chats to Losing Eden Author Lucy Jones to discover why nature…
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5 minutes with author Jini Reddy
Ahead of the paperback release of Wanderland: A search for magic in the landscape, we catch up with author Jini…
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Diary of a Wandering swimmer – yellow tangs from a lava field
Kate Gillwood was born in Galashiels, Scotland, raised from three years old in Yorkshire, found herself in London for 30…
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How is open water swimming different to the pool?
Understanding what you are getting into will give a big boost to your confidence levels and help keep you safe…
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4-way English Channel swimmer Sarah Thomas talks cold water tolerance
At first, cold water tolerance was a necessary evil for me to succeed in swimming – but I learnt to…
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Our favourite swim books and authors from 2020
Ella Foote takes a look back at some of her favourite authors from 2020 and reveals the titles we should…
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Jaimie Monahan: Queen of Manhattan
Jaimie Monahan, record-breaking marathon swimmer and Queen of the Ice, talks to Luke Chamberlain about her love affair with New…
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Urban swimming in Berlin – exploring the land of 3000 lakes
Peter and Dawn Springett moved to Germany in 2017. Here’s a guide to the local swimming culture and their favourite…
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How lockdown could make you a better swimmer
Swim coach Ray Gibbs from Swim Canary Wharf and Alice Todd from SwimQuest Holidays discuss the benefits of a break…
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“I may have had cancer, but it isn’t going to rule my life”
Audrey Hellen shares her swimming story I was always a pool swimmer as a child, representing my school and the…
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What does hypothermia look like?
We spoke to the experts to prepare this best-practice guide to spotting hypothermia and rewarming cold swimmers when swimming in…
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Improving accessibility to outdoor swimming for deaf swimmers
By Caroline Hurley All my life I have seen and experienced so many barriers to deaf swimmers. These created anxiety,…
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Diary of a Wandering Swimmer – a swing rope to the past
Kate Gillwood was born in Galashiels, Scotland, raised from three years old in Yorkshire, found herself in London for 30…
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Jini Reddy: travelling the UK in search of magic in the landscape
Author Jini Reddy is in pursuit of the divine and explores this in her new book Wanderland: A Search for…
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Why would you pay someone to take you swimming?
Like so many outdoor swimmers today, I was fortunate to get my experience in open water from a combination of…
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Diary of a wandering swimmer – jumping trout in the wind
Kate Gillwood was born in Galashiels, Scotland, raised from three years old in Yorkshire, found herself in London for 30…
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How to tell if you’re hypothermic when swimming in cold water
You asked I am a fairly experienced winer swimmer and recently converted to wetsuits in order to get more swimming…
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Diary of a wandering swimmer – Highland Adventure Part 1
Kate Gillwood was born in Galashiels, Scotland, raised from three years old in Yorkshire, found herself in London for 30…
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Diary of a wandering swimmer – Highland Adventure Part 2
Kate Gillwood was born in Galashiels, Scotland, raised from three years old in Yorkshire, found herself in London for 30…
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Outdoor swimming products and their impact on the environment
If you are swimming in the sea, lakes and rivers then you probably have an inherent desire to connect with…
