Adventure, people, swimming and solitude There are so many things to love about our wonderful sport. I genuinely feel that my own open...

Looking to the other end of a swimming pool can be daunting for some, especially if you have just started swimming. Contemplating a mile...

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,...

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.

“Our last swim,” falls from the lips, muted by what lay ahead in the cold temperatures just yards from the muddy wet cold banks.

We all respond differently to cold water and if you’re new to cold water swimming, its good to get informed.

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

Three open water swimmers reveal their primal fears in the water...

And so we gather for a night swim, to be lit by a full moon.

From the silty current of the Thames: a wild-swimmer’s view of the wildlife

Beyond the bridge, adventure waits until currents have slowed and temperatures lifted.

As the Lockdown draws on, there is but a glimmer of hope. Slightly larger groups are allowed to assemble at a safe distance.

There is something about the water that will captivate you on many levels, but for this brief moment, the water’s surface is my starting poi

When the ground can no longer hold the heavy weight of rain. When the rivers have taken all they can. Then the waters rise up in protest;...

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...