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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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Annika Surry
Mar 27, 20214 min read
Cold water has changed my life
I love the kick, the buzzing feeling that awakens the whole nervous system and all the senses I love the “I am alive feeling” I get.
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Darrin Roles
Mar 13, 20214 min read
For whom the drop calls…
The uninitiated, not knowing this beast, may not appreciate the urgency with which cold hands dress themselves. The drop waits for no-one.
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Stanley Ulijaszek
Feb 27, 20214 min read
Seasoned winter swimming
Winter swimming is one of the most humbling things you can do, because you can’t succeed if you try to fight the coldness of the water.
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Darrin Roles
Jan 30, 202112 min read
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 read
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 read
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 21, 20203 min read
The heart of the matter
What I feel is taking place in these now frequented open-water swimming spots is not just a connection to the environment but also to each o
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Darrin Roles
Nov 6, 20205 min read
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 read
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 read
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
108 views
Darrin Roles
Oct 8, 20208 min read
Fear and freedom
Three open water swimmers reveal their primal fears in the water...
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Darrin Roles
Jun 11, 20205 min read
Benefits of cold-water swimming: the facts part 1
Cold-water swimming is good for mental health
This is perhaps the most researched and the most commonly cited benefit to cold-water swimming
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Alan Scott
Apr 6, 20203 min read
The Lock to Lock Swim-Run experience
The Lock to Lock course, set deep in the Oxfordshire countryside is typically British
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Fiona Undrill
Mar 14, 20202 min read
Clawing back to warmth
Getting changed to swim in the rain… on days like this, we’re here for the challenge. There really is nothing else that we do in the rest...
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Fiona Undrill
Mar 14, 20203 min read
Cold water swimming: the logical choice
The year 2020 was just eleven hours old and I was walking with a friend. I told her I’d been river-swimming a couple of days before, and...
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Fiona Undrill
Feb 22, 20203 min read
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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Fiona Undrill
Feb 22, 20201 min read
No room in the river
There’s no room in the ground for the rain. There’s no room in the river. The water has spilled out across the land and before us, lies...
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