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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…
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Songs of the Sea: travelling with grey whales
Doreen Cunningham tells Rowan Clarke how her experience charting grey whales’ migratory journeys became the foundation for a compelling tale…
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All about… Yoga and wild swimming retreats
A yoga and wild swimming retreat? Not at the same time surely? Don’t be silly. Yoga and paddleboarding is definitely…
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A Highland fling at SwimWild’s WinterFest
Author and wild swimmer Emma Simpson persuaded her husband to join her for a long weekend in the Scottish Highlands…
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The Green Hill: Letters to a Son
In 2017, Sophie Pierce’s life changed forever when her 20-year-old son Felix died suddenly and unexpectedly. Thrown into a new…
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Spring forward, fall back, swim all year
Ella Foote chats to Welsh swimmer Tom Boswell about his ambition to swim 365 days consecutively to raise money for…
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Books, films and podcasts for swimmers
A forage's calendar, tree spotting guide and lyrical insight into ancestral landscapes: what to read, watch and listen to this…
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The National Park Print Shop
Jonathan Cowie takes a dip with artist Ian Battersby of the National Park Print Shop.
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H2O to Hollywood: swimmers turned movie stars
Swimmers have lit up the silver screen right from the early days of Hollywood. Michael Renouf shines the spotlight on…
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Paradise in Penzance
Cool harbour dips and geothermal waters: Ella Foote explores this arty Cornish town.
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Swimming spot: Stickle Tarn
This out-and-back walk follows Stickle Ghyll to Stickle Tarn, where you will be rewarded not only with stunning views of…
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Body positivity and swimsuit making workshop
What is it about swimwear that often sends us spiralling? And why is body positivity such an important topic for…
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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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How to host a swimmers’ swish
Exchange your barely worn booties and ill-fitting goggles for a kit bag or second hand changing robe – all without spending…
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Water wildlife: thick-lipped grey mullet
What’s that flash of silver-grey in the water? Susanne Masters has your guide to the thick-lipped grey mullet (chelon labrosus),…
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River swimming guide
Rivers can be wonderful places to swim but can be hazardous. Our guide shows you how to stay safe to…
