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.

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

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.

Images from the Lock to Lock 4k and reflections from the organiser and some partipants.

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