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River Wye source to sea
Ian Rivers, Nicola Goodwin and Julie Hardman became the first people to swim and walk the entire length of the…
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Swim London
According to the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), 22% of women and 20% of men in England are unable to swim.…
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Nancy Farmer
Inspired by her wild swimming adventures, Nancy Farmer decided to immortalise her swims as drawings. She soon discovered that people…
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Interview: Alex Studzinski
Former German 25km champion Alex Studzinski was forced to take 2016 off swimming due to a shoulder injury. We talked…
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Gone Swimming celebrates sixth year with launch of new outdoor swimming trips in North Wales
Gone Swimming is a swimming holiday and adventure company based in North Wales and entering its sixth season in 2017.…
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Christmas Gift Wish List
If you haven’t yet decided what to put on your Christmas list, check out our selection of perfect open water…
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An Impossibly Beautiful Adventure
In October 2016, Sarah Thomas made history when she swam the length of Lake Powell from Utah to Arizona. Her…
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Wetsuits in the English Channel
"Non!" says Hannah Young The English Channel is the ultimate long distance swim and people come from all over the…
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I love open water swimminmg: Babs Gray
On 16 December 2015 I celebrated my 49th birthday. A week earlier I had become a grandmother and six weeks…
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Macmillan All Out Swim
For the past few months we have been following Sam Brett, who is taking part in the 5km Macmillan All…
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Club of the Month
Panama Swimming Club The Panama Swimming Club in Whitley Bay was founded in 1930 but there has been a sea…
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You Asked, Cassie Answered
The Beijing Olympics 10km marathon swimming bronze medallist answers your questions on dyslexia, diet and swimming with her eyes closed. What does…
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Suits vs Skins
As the winter approaches fewer of us are braving the cold and heading out into the open water, preferring the…
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Film review – Unbelievable: The Chad Le Clos Story
Well, that wasn’t what I was expecting! I thought I was in for something like Cool Runnings but with a…
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Club of the Month
Beyond the Blue “I’m alive!” The exclamation of joy from every swimmer who joins Beyond the Blue as they make…
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Swimrun: your next challenge?
If you haven’t yet heard of swimrun, you are about to. The Swedish endurance sport has hit the UK big…
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Top Six Outdoor Swimming Books
This is by no means a definitive list of outdoor swimming books: it is a personal selection confined by the books…
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Team Work
After flippantly agreeing to join a teammate on an English Channel relay swim – organised by Aspire, the UK’s leading…
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Swimming with the Sharks
We all enjoy wild swimming, but I want to inspire you with another type of swimming: wildlife swimming. All swimmers…
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‘N’ice to know
It may seem strange to be reading about winter swimming in summer, but last winter more of you seemed to…
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Seven Ways to Become a Better Swimmer
What does becoming a better swimmer mean to you? Your first thought might be that better equates to faster. For…
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Make me dizzy
Situated in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, between the impressive islands of Jura and Scarba, is a narrow strait of water…
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Ask the Experts
I’m a 46 year old female who took up swimming again about three years ago. I’ve done a few Great…
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Club of the Month – Brockwell Icicles
The Brockwell Icicles are an informal group of friends who share a love of winter swimming at Brockwell Lido in…
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Swimming my way to recovery
The 16th February 2010 is etched in my memory as the day I heard the words “you may never walk again”.…
