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Wild Open Swim
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Guest
May 24, 2023
3 min read
Lock to Lock Champions
Over the years, the Lock to Lock 4K wild swim series has witnessed remarkable achievements from the competitors.
Rob.E.Trotter
Oct 9, 2021
5 min read
To robe or not to robe…
The first part of this article reflects on what draws Wild Swimmers to the robe; the second part offers thoughts about, and experiences...
Laura Watson
Jul 17, 2021
6 min read
Swimming for life
If I had a daemon I like to think my daemon would be an otter. A rather slow inelegant otter but one who loves the water and is just as...
kath Fotheringham
May 29, 2021
4 min read
Is it clean…?
We all have strategies to risk-assess the water every time we swim. Is it clean enough to swim in?
Stanley Ulijaszek
May 6, 2021
3 min read
Swimmingpod podcast: Darrin Roles & the Lock to Lock swim events
In this podcast Darrin Roles talks about the Lock-to-Lock swim series in the Thames, Oxfordshire, its origins and its development.
Darrin Roles & Stuart Hacker
Apr 10, 2021
5 min read
Swim catch up
Catch-up on Lock to Lock swim preparation after a long layoff, with Darrin Roles and Stuart Hacker
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