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Myth busting: Can a pike bite my toes?
If you have swum in freshwater, you have swum with pike. They lurk – often unseen – in rivers, ponds,…
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Swimming on Scotland’s beaches
Stacey McGowan Holloway picks her top wild swimming spots from Scotland’s coast and islands, as featured in her guide book…
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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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Spring equinox: a swim to the music of time
As we approach the spring (or autumn) equinox, swimmers across the world celebrate the beginning of the seasons with their…
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Making time: a history of timekeeping
From stopwatches and Channel hardy pocket watches to the Swim-o-Matic, a semi-automatic timer accurate to one-thousandth of a second: Elaine…
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Sarah Thomas: Marathon Swimmer
Marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas reflects on the enormous highs and sinking lows of the past few years.
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Lido guide: spring arrival
As spring heralds the opening of seasonal lidos, author of The Lido Guide, Emma Pusill, examines the challenges facing small,…
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While you’re at the water: fossil hunting
Beaches, riverbanks and riverbeds can all reveal fossils, which have been buried for millennia. Susanne Masters has your guide to…
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Environmental issue: wet wipes
Imagine swimming past a man-made reef of wet wipes! Misleadingly labelled as ‘flushable’, wet wipes are well known for causing…
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Foraging for swimmers: watercress
Offering a gentle rendition of wasabi’s heat, watercress (Nasturtium officinale) is one of the oldest known leaf vegetables consumed by…
