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Team blogs, features and readers' swims

Team Blogs

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The Joy of Thames Swimming – and some safety tips

Simon Griffiths • 4 Aug 2020

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Is it safe to swim in the River Thames?

Simon Griffiths • 27 Jul 2020

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Outdoor swimming is back, but not as we know it

Simon Griffiths • 11 Jun 2020

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How to get started in stand up paddle boarding

Simon Griffiths • 2 Jun 2020

I'm a pool swimmer and I want to start swimming outdoors while pools are closed: what should I do?

Simon Griffiths • 1 Jun 2020

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Simon Griffiths shares an open letter to Jeremy Clarkson

Simon Griffiths • 29 May 2020

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If not now, then when?

Joanne Jones • 14 May 2020

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Swimprint – hand-printing swimming caps in the Midlands

Simon Griffiths • 1 Aug 2020

Covid-safe open water swimming in Spain

Karen Parnell • 20 Jul 2020

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Swimming while black: stories from the community

Jonathan Cowie • 7 Jul 2020

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Swimming with your dog – safety advice and kit suggestion

Jonathan Cowie • 7 Jul 2020

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How has COVID-19 affected English Channel swims this year?

Dan Shailer • 1 Jul 2020

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What you told us – feedback from our swimming spending intentions and swimrun surveys

Simon Griffiths • 13 Jun 2020

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How to train for mental fitness

Laurin Angermeier • 7 Jun 2020

Readers' Swims

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Diary of a wandering swimmer – less skipping and more colour

Kate Gillwood • 2 Aug 2020

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Diary of a temporarily not-so wandering swimmer – how to swim 8m in 15 minutes

Kate Gillwood • 2 May 2020

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Diary of a wandering swimmer – storms, floods and a shallow lagoon

Kate Gillwood • 29 Feb 2020

Swimming from Old Harry Rocks to The Needles

18 Feb 2020

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Taming the Hudson - the 20 Bridges Swim, New York

Diego Cantillo • 12 Feb 2020

Diary of a wandering swimmer – A year in open water from lochs, orca trails and sea pools to the stacks of St Kilda

Kate Gillwood • 3 Jan 2020

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Diary of a wandering swimmer – a weekend of clarity

Kate Gillwood • 12 Nov 2019

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SwimTrek founder Simon Murie's monthly columns for Outdoor Swimmer magazine

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Swimming Solitude

Simon Murie • 28 Apr 2020

Swimming with Dragons

Simon Murie • 28 Apr 2020

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Islands of Paradise

Simon Murie • 28 Apr 2020

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Crossing the Caspian

Simon Murie • 28 Apr 2020

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Kazakhstan Bound

Simon Murie • 28 Apr 2020

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Swimming to Bali

Simon Murie • 28 Apr 2020

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Swim the World

Simon Murie • 28 Apr 2020

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Sea Lanes

Simon Murie • 28 Apr 2020