65@65 SWIM #14 - CALSHOT, HAMPSHIRE COAST
At high tide, at Claire Samwell's family beach hut, with Hampshire Open Water Swimming people, and cake. Very gracious invite from Claire...
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Oct 21, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #13 GUILDFORD LIDO
An evening swim, an invite from Hywel and Juliet to go with the Surrey open waters swimmers, followed by the movies 'Against the Tides',...
LXVswim
Oct 21, 20191 min read
BOLOGNA - EX AFRICA EXHIBITION
Very intelligent exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology in Bologna on African Art and its relationships with the West. Personally I...
LXVswim
Oct 21, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #12 LIDO IN BOLOGNA - PISCINA STERLINO
Just for a change, a week in Bologna, a warm week and a 39 degree day - only water can help. Piscina Sterlino is where we have come now...
LXVswim
Oct 17, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #11 TEDDINGTON TO RICHMOND
Thames again, Teddington to Richmond. Swim the Thames Group Missing Link Swim. Several years ago, a group of kindred souls swam the...
LXVswim
Oct 17, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #10 LOUGH MASK, COUNTY MAYO
A fierce day, as yesterday, plenty of chop, slow going out, almost surfing back (in my imagination). My biggest fear - that the wind and...
LXVswim
Oct 7, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #9. LOUGH CORRIB, COUNTY GALWAY
A stormy day on the Republic of Ireland's Largest Lake, strong winds and waves giving it the feel of an ocean swim. But without the...
LXVswim
Oct 7, 20191 min read
LOUGH CORRIB AND PAUL HENRY
Lough Corrib, the biggest lake in the Republic of Ireland. it held meaning for painter Paul Henry (1876 to 1958), who lived in the West...
LXVswim
Oct 4, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #8 THE 40 FOOT DROP, DUBLIN.
Sandycove, Dublin, of James Joyce and Ulysses fame, swimming in the shadow of the Martello Tower. Seals and people enjoying the...
LXVswim
Oct 2, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #7 BULL ISLAND, DUBLIN
Swirly whirly weather, dark skies and a receding tide - perfect for seeing what one of the town swimming places looks like. Very...
LXVswim
Oct 2, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #6 THE THAMES AT DORCHESTER
Not quite a moonlight swim, just a little too early for that. The birthday swim of Chris Dalton at a small beach a little downstream of...
LXVswim
Oct 1, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #5 THE THAMES AGAIN, AGAIN. LECHLADE TO BUSCOT
Lechlade to Buscot is a swim I have done several times. This is a must-swim swim, for three reasons. To see the beautiful town of...
LXVswim
Oct 1, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #4 THE THAMES AGAIN. JOINT BIRTHDAY SWIM WITH KRISTIE WALLER, SWINFORD BRIDGE, EYNSHAM
Swinford Bridge is where I first started swimming outdoors when we came to Oxford from Australia, twenty years ago. In Oz, I was used to...
LXVswim
Oct 1, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #3 THE THAMES AT LONG BRIDGES, OXFORD
Long Bridges is the site of a former open air river bathing place River Thames close to Donnington Bridge, Oxford. This was one of...
LXVswim
Oct 1, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #2 THE CHERWELL RIVER, OXFORD
Venetian rowing up to University Parks, then a pleasant swim up and gentle float down. Stand-up rowing isn't the easiest, but hugely...
LXVswim
Sep 30, 20191 min read
65@65 SWIM #1 WEST OXFORDSHIRE SAILING CLUB 'SWAN LAKE'
A leisurely birthday loop with Pauline, followed by breakfast on the deck Read more
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