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.

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

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

Fred Newton from swimrun.com describes the excellent swimrun through Wytham Woods and the tranquil Thames

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.

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

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

What is it like to be a partially-sighted wild swimmer? A double paralympic champion Melanie writes about her wild swimming journey.

The cryo bio of three swimmers reflecting on cold water exposure, what it has meant in their lives and why they keep doing it. Why do I...

There is something about swimming in the sea, something constant and comforting, nostalgic in a way.

Three wild swimmers reflect on the return of winter swims

Simon Griffiths reflects on his performance at the 2021 Lock to Lock Swimrun

The events have given me an opportunity to challenge myself, to test my limits, to not overthink it and just embrace the adventure.

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...

Two swimmers talk through the reasons to do the Lock to Lock 10k this year, or rather one swimmer tries to persuade her friend to join...

We all have strategies to risk-assess the water every time we swim. Is it clean enough to swim in?

In this podcast Darrin Roles talks about the Lock-to-Lock swim series in the Thames, Oxfordshire, its origins and its development.

open water swimming all year round near the arctic circle

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.

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.