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Team Blogs

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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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Why I’m not swimming right now: the temptation is real, but the risk is as well

Elaine K Howley • 7 May 2020

Alternatives to swimming: the pros and cons

Simon Griffiths • 22 Apr 2020

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How to cope with life when you can’t swim

Simon Griffiths • 16 Apr 2020

Features

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The River Thames: a wet, winding history

Elaine K Howley • 20 May 2020

My First Post-Lockdown Swim

Jenny Landreth • 10 May 2020

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Tales from lockdown: how has Covid-19 impacted the world of outdoor swimming?

Luke Chamberlain • 7 May 2020

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Farallon Islands to California: the world's toughest ocean swim

Elaine K Howley • 28 Apr 2020

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Chairman of the Rivers - The Strange Swimming History of Mao Zedong

Elaine K Howley • 9 Apr 2020

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Tarn Baggers

Richard Nelsson • 9 Apr 2020

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Orca: the apex predator of all the seas

Susanne Masters • 31 Mar 2020

Readers' Swims

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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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From Olympic trials to the Thames: finding a new direction in swimming

George Taplin • 29 Oct 2019

Simon Murie

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