Finding Galilee
Adventure, people, swimming and solitude There are so many things to love about our wonderful sport. I genuinely feel that my own open...
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Wild Open Swim
Inspirations from swimming through the seasons
The Wild Open Swim Blog is a celebration of open water swimming all year and the photographs, words and artwork that it has inspired.
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Darrin Roles
Jan 30, 202112 min
Channel your energy
Looking to the other end of a swimming pool can be daunting for some, especially if you have just started swimming. Contemplating a mile...
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Emma Hallmark
Dec 19, 20203 min
The creative flow
For as long as I can remember, I have had a deep connection with water – in any form. Something about it draws me close to it,...
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Shona
Dec 5, 20203 min
The joy of swimming
Swimming is my joy. It is the time when I feel every bit of my body, and enjoy it in a way that is lost to me when I am on dry land.
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Darrin Roles
Nov 6, 20205 min
Last swim before lockdown .2
“Our last swim,” falls from the lips, muted by what lay ahead in the cold temperatures just yards from the muddy wet cold banks.
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Fiona Undrill
Oct 22, 20206 min
Cold water & fast currents
We all respond differently to cold water and if you’re new to cold water swimming, its good to get informed.
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Darrin Roles
Oct 22, 20203 min
The way of cold water
The internal journey one feels whilst in cold water can be described as very dramatic. And yet the idea is to be completely calm with yourse
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Darrin Roles
Oct 8, 20208 min
Fear and freedom
Three open water swimmers reveal their primal fears in the water...
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Darrin Roles
Sep 3, 20203 min
Night swim
And so we gather for a night swim, to be lit by a full moon.
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Genny Early
Jul 23, 20203 min
Wildlife and wild swim
From the silty current of the Thames: a wild-swimmer’s view of the wildlife
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Fiona Undrill
Jul 9, 20203 min
A river ramble
Beyond the bridge, adventure waits until currents have slowed and temperatures lifted.
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Darrin Roles
Jun 25, 20203 min
Summer solstice swim
As the Lockdown draws on, there is but a glimmer of hope. Slightly larger groups are allowed to assemble at a safe distance.
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Darrin Roles
Apr 7, 20203 min
Open water
There is something about the water that will captivate you on many levels, but for this brief moment, the water’s surface is my starting poi
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Fiona Undrill
Feb 22, 20201 min
Nature's ambassadors
When the ground can no longer hold the heavy weight of rain. When the rivers have taken all they can. Then the waters rise up in protest;...
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Fiona Undrill
Feb 22, 20203 min
The Real Deal
Since October last year, greeted by a confused head-shake of a welcome from the lock-keeper, a neoprene-clad group of us have met up one...
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