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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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Poems from the river

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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Campaign to save our rivers & seas

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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Is it clean…?

kath Fotheringham

May 29, 20214 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?

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The creative flow

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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The joy of swimming

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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Fear and freedom

Oct 8, 20208 min read

Fear and freedom

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

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Wildlife and wild swim

Jul 23, 20203 min read

Wildlife and wild swim

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

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