Weather for swimming
EXTRA,  FEATURES,  September 2024

The weather decides whether we swim

Channel swimmers know: if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute. Elaine K Howley delves into a swimmer’s history of weather watching

I write to you, dear reader, from the comfort of a lovely AirBnB home in Whitfield, UK, where my friend Charlotte awaits a passable window of weather through which to swim to France.

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