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Normal Saturday doing a relay swim in a jellyfish hat

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Woman in a jellyfish hat in a swimming pool
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Good news - the swimming walks book I helped test is being published soon

Pre-order with very generous discount using early26

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Wild Swimming Walks book cover
February 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Do not be fooled by how calm this looks...

The flow was deceptively strong - only managed 50m in 10 minutes

Then I got soaked by a car speeding through a puddle on the way home...

Not the best start to the day

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River bank early in the morning
January 30, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Cold but beautiful start to the day

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Sunrise and light mist over the Serpentine lake
January 28, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Outdoor swimming in urban Glasgow: past, present and potential future. Happy to see my research on historic swimming in the Clyde in this great article in The Glasgow Bell www.glasgowbell.co.uk/swimming-gla...

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Make Glasgow Swimmable Again
Grab your dookers: two women have a dream to clean up the Clyde
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January 24, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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Damp and dark this morning, but I do feel better for the short swim

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Serpentine lake in near darkness with lights from buildings in the distance reflecting on the water
January 20, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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First Serpentine swim of 2026 and it was a beauty

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Sunrise sky over the Serpentine lake with geese silhouetted
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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A very exciting wavey dip this morning 😃 Swimming wasn’t possible but it was like being a kid again jumping the waves. Slope Beach, Seaham #OutdoorSwimming
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Also as much as I enjoy a random #OutdoorSwimming scene, it is highly unlikely that Shakespeare would have done modern front crawl
January 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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At 5.30am we collectively cancelled this morning's river swim due to the awful conditions

It was the sensible thing to do.

But that doesn't mean I'm not going to sulk all day without my coldwater fix...

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January 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Audacious plan to have an early swim in the semi-frozen lake then meet another group of friends for a second dip in the river

A successful morning #OutdoorSwimming
Me swimming at sunrise in a partly frozen lake Group of women swimming in a river
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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2.6 degrees - coldest swim of the season so far 🥶

Justifying the use of 🥶

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Sunshine over a lake that.was nonetheless very cold
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Nearly a full moon for this morning's swim 🌕

More time spent putting layers on afterwards than time in the water

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Full(ish) moon over a river
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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First dip of 2026 - with the now traditional bagpipe accompaniment

Swimming after several espresso martinis and just 5 hours sleep is breaking all the coldwater rules, but it sorted me out nicely

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January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Fortifying myself for the festivities with two dips

6.30am swim with the Friday crew, breakfast, change kit and back to the river for 10am dip my Saturday swimmers

(This will not help with the inevitable 'what day is it?' Christmas confusion)

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Women wearing festive headgear in a river
December 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM