New venue refreshes the Great North Swim
The Great North Swim moved a few hundred metres south this year shifting its location from Low Wood Bay (where it has been since 2008) to the Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole.
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Swimathon breaks £50 million fundraising target. Sets sights on growing open water events.
If you took part in Swimathon at the end of April, you will have helped the foundation reach its life-time fundraising milestone of £50 million.
Seasickness while swimming and how to decide when enough is enough
I've just had my first experience of sea sickness while swimming. It wasn't fun.
Lake District National Park seeks volunteers for the Great North Swim
The Lake District National Park is on the lookout for Volunteer Event Stewards to offer a helping hand at this year’s Great North Swim.
New Night Swim at Hever Castle
The organisers of the Hever Castle Triathlon have announced the launch of a new night swim as part of their 10-year anniversary celebrations.
Puffin Swim launches with UK’s first biodegradable swim tow float
Puffin Swim is a new open water swimming company created by Pete and Andrea Kelly, who run the adventure swimming company, Swim the Lakes, through which they lead swimming trips across England’s Lake District.
Recently on the blog
- 1 Seasickness while swimming and how to decide when enough is enough
- 2 Puffin Swim launches with UK’s first biodegradable swim tow float
- 3 New Night Swim at Hever Castle
- 4 Lake District National Park seeks volunteers for the Great North Swim
- 5 Swimathon breaks £50 million fundraising target. Sets sights on growing open water events.
- 6 New venue refreshes the Great North Swim
- 7 A Swim to Remember
- 8 Win a Zone3 wetsuit for £1
- 9 Swimming around the Old Man of Stoer
- 10 Channel season off to a record breaking early start
