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Wild Open Swim

Inspirations from swimming through the seasons

May 5, 20233 min read

The art and challenge of wild swimming

The Lock to Lock wild swim series is not just a competition, but a celebration of the art of swimming and the beauty of the natural world.

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Mar 3, 20234 min read

1000 consecutive days and more…

Ruth Rayner didn't set out to swim every day for for any particular length of time but somehow it became a way of coping

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Jan 11, 20234 min read

Poems from the river

In this post we see the river through the experience of Tony Davis, an Oxfordshire artist, poet and fisherman. Tony was inspired to write...

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Aug 29, 20228 min read

Campaign to save our rivers & seas

Although we would prefer our articles to reflect the many ways the water helps us, we must acknowledge we swim through the scene of a crime.

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Aug 19, 20224 min read

From cold water to open water: the continuing journey

Annike describes her ongoing journey - the evolution she has made from cold water dipper to open water swimmer, and the great benefits felt

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Jul 28, 20223 min read

Lock to Lock Training Adventure

An open water swimmer from Canada shares her experience of a training swim down the Thames, in preparation for the Zurich Marathon Swim.

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Jul 3, 20225 min read

Blood like the River

Wild-swimmer, Stanley Ulijaszek came perilously close to death when he contracted Weihls disease after swimming in the Thames near London.

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