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Swimmer’s Itch – protective measures, detection and treatment
Susie Symes is your guide to protecting yourself against cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer's itch.
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The Black Swimming Association: breaking down barriers to swimming
The Black Swimming Association is a new organisation set up to break down barriers to swimming within the BME community.…
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How to support your local outdoor swimming venue
Emma Pusill, co-author of The Lido Guide, updates us on the uncertain future of lidos and outdoor venues and how we can…
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Open water swimming and the environment
How capturing the benefits of open-water swimming can help to promote better management of swimming sites Humans have long known…
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Swimprint – hand-printing swimming caps in the Midlands
Gaynor Willis is a former Olympic swimmer and owner of swim cap printing business Swimprint. We caught up with her…
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How has COVID-19 affected English Channel swims this year?
Student Daniel Shailer has a Channel crossing booked for this year. He’s been looking into how the coronavirus pandemic has…
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Swimterview: Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path
When Raynor and Moth Winn found themselves homeless, they decided to walk the South West Coast Path. Ella Foote meets…
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Taking your training outside – getting used to the open water
It’s that time of year (at least, from a UK perspective) when many of us are keen to start training…
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Henley Swim celebrates 15 years of open water swimming in the Thames
Henley Swim started, as these things tend to do, over a beer, when one person suggested a crazy idea and…
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Dive in and become a BHF champion today
Pier to Pier Sunset Swim – Saturday 13 July 2019 Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim – Sunday 14 July 2019…
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Sustainable travel
Discovering the best swimming spots sometimes means heading off around the globe. With the rising concerns over the impact of…
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Tried & Tested: Ruckraft
Cross-country swimming along the Devon coast. Jonathan Cowie tests the Ruckraft, a new piece of kit that transforms any rucksack…
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Becoming a cover model: Ben Gaskins
Our cover images policy at Outdoor Swimmer is, as far as possible, to celebrate real swimmers doing real swimming (rather…
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SH₂OUT responds
We put your questions to SH₂OUT. This is how they answered SH₂OUT is a joint project that has been developed…
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Rewild your soul
Susanne Masters enjoys swims, films, saunas and dancing at the annual Highland Gathering of wild swimmers “We just want to…
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Outdoor Swimmer – Environmental statement
Outdoor swimming is an activity that immerses you in the natural environment so it is not surprising that both we…
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The Swim Festival Blogs 2019: Emily (1)
The Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival takes place on 14 July. It’s going to be a fabulous day of river…
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The Swim Festival Blogs 2019: James (1)
The Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival takes place on 14 July. It’s going to be a fabulous day of river…
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The Swim Festival Blogs 2019: Ali (1)
The Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival takes place on 14 July. It’s going to be a fabulous day of river…
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Andy Blow Interview
We caught up with Andy Blow of Precision Hydration about two hours after he and his race partner James Phillips…
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The Tonic of Longevity
Antonia Bachelor, age 82 “I just love being in the sea, out there in the elements – I suppose it…
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Becoming a cover model: Joanne Jones
Our cover images policy at Outdoor Swimmer is, as far as possible, to celebrate real swimmers doing real swimming (rather…
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The Lady Champion Aquatic
From Les Enfants Poissons to matriarch of natation, Agnes Beckwith inspired a generation of female swimmer Born on 24 August…
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Liquid layover
John Weller and Lola Culsán find themselves with time to kill in Kraków The time is Monday afternoon. We’ve just…
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Seeking the sacred
Patrick Scott swims in the volatile waters of India’s holy river Ganges I was pulling hard against the current of…
