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...

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

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

A story of how two wild swimmers in Swim Oxford's 4K Lock-to-Lock swim inadvertently helped to turn around the life of one of my clients.

Three wild swimmers reflect on the return of winter swims

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

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.

The uninitiated, not knowing this beast, may not appreciate the urgency with which cold hands dress themselves. The drop waits for no-one.

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.