LXVSWIM

Dec 30, 20241 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – STANLEY ULIJASZEK AND LONDON OPEN WATER SWIMMING

Stanley Ulijaszek at the Hampstead Men's Pond Listen to the podcast This podcast is about open water swimming in London – given how urban...

SWIMMINGPOD – SARAH GILES, ON OXFORD, SWIMMING AND INEQUALITY

LXVswim

Dec 23, 20241 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – SARAH GILES, ON OXFORD, SWIMMING AND INEQUALITY

Listen here Sarah Giles lives and swims in open water in Oxford. She is Programme Development Manager at SportExcel UK, a sports...

SWIMMING IN OXFORD WITH STANLEY ULIJASZEK

LXVswim

Dec 10, 20241 min read

SWIMMING IN OXFORD WITH STANLEY ULIJASZEK

Swimmingpod podcast here There is a strong tradition of outdoor swimming in Oxford, probably many traditions. And many notable people...

DARRIN ROLES AND THE LOCK TO LOCK SWIM SERIES

LXVswim

Dec 1, 20241 min read

DARRIN ROLES AND THE LOCK TO LOCK SWIM SERIES

Darrin Roles started the Lock to Lock a single swim event in the Thames in 2015, and it has grown into a series of events and distances....

SWIMMINGPOD – STANLEY ULIJASZEK SWIMMING TO WORK, FROM EYNSHAM TO OXFORD BY THAMES

LXVswim

Oct 31, 20241 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – STANLEY ULIJASZEK SWIMMING TO WORK, FROM EYNSHAM TO OXFORD BY THAMES

This podcast is about my practice of swimming to work, the last of which took place in 2022 when I retired. A swim to work for me was 8...

SWIMMINGPOD – SWIMMING HAIKU WITH MIKE HARRIS AND JEREMY WELLINGHAM

LXVswim

Oct 2, 20241 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – SWIMMING HAIKU WITH MIKE HARRIS AND JEREMY WELLINGHAM

Jeremy Wellingham and Mike Harris are both open water swimmers, Jeremy in Oxfordshire, Mike in London. Both swim nationally and...

SWIMMINGPOD – STANLEY ULIJASZEK AND SWIMMING IN THE SHIRE

LXVswim

Sep 22, 20241 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – STANLEY ULIJASZEK AND SWIMMING IN THE SHIRE

This podcast is about swims in the Shire - Tolkien’s Oxfordshire. I have no idea if Tolkien was a swimmer, but there is plenty of...

SWIMMINGPOD - HELEN EDWARDS’ RIVER-BASED EXHIBITION IN OXFORD ‘BREATHING OF LIFE’

LXVswim

Jul 28, 20241 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - HELEN EDWARDS’ RIVER-BASED EXHIBITION IN OXFORD ‘BREATHING OF LIFE’

Helen Edwards is an ecological artist, dancer, and swimmer. I am with her at her solo exhibition at Oxford’s North Wall Arts Centre,...

SWIMMINGPOD - POOP POLLUTION POLITICS BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK

LXVswim

Apr 23, 20234 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - POOP POLLUTION POLITICS BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK

The gorgeous rivers of England are sick, and I am sick too. Of the politics, of the discharges into the rivers. Of the effluent, both...

I’M SORRY, SAY THAMES WATER, FOR RUINING YOUR SWIMS

LXVswim

Jan 2, 20234 min read

I’M SORRY, SAY THAMES WATER, FOR RUINING YOUR SWIMS

I could feel it all over again this Christmas, the sense of deja-vu, of raw sewage running between my fingers and toes. The Oxford DODO...

SWIMMINGPOD - A WINTER SWIMMING BRIEFING, GIVEN BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK, FRAMED BY JEREMY WELLINGHAM

LXVswim

Dec 21, 20222 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - A WINTER SWIMMING BRIEFING, GIVEN BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK, FRAMED BY JEREMY WELLINGHAM

Cometh December, cometh the DODO Swim, in Oxford, at Port Meadow. From the Dodo Tree, now reduced to a stump after being struck by...

MOON-SWIMMING AND SWIMMING IN MOONLIGHT BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK

LXVswim

Oct 30, 20221 min read

MOON-SWIMMING AND SWIMMING IN MOONLIGHT BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK

If you haven’t already swum outdoors in full moonlight, you must. It is one of life’s priceless un-buyable treasures. There are twelve...

SWIMMINGPOD – JULIET TURNBULL AND ‘OPEN WATER – SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE’

LXVswim

Sep 9, 20222 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – JULIET TURNBULL AND ‘OPEN WATER – SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE’

It is September, and time to take stock of the summer season of open water swimming. While countless thousands have enjoyed the water...

SWIMMINGPOD - WILD OPEN SWIM, WITH KATH FOTHERINGHAM, FIONA UNDRILL AND DARRIN ROLES

LXVswim

Aug 18, 20221 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - WILD OPEN SWIM, WITH KATH FOTHERINGHAM, FIONA UNDRILL AND DARRIN ROLES

The Wild Open Swim Blog is the organised work of Kath Fotheringham, Darrin Roles and Fiona Undrill. This now sits under the Swim Oxford...

THE SECOND GREAT STINK? SWIMMING RIVERS IN A MESS

LXVswim

Jan 20, 20226 min read

THE SECOND GREAT STINK? SWIMMING RIVERS IN A MESS

‘I can feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes’ – ‘The water’s all around me, and so the feeling grows…’ Waking up from a dream, me...

SWIMMINGPOD – SWIMMING, LEPTOSPIROSIS AND ME – A ‘NIGHT AT THE OPERA’, BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK

LXVswim

Oct 15, 20212 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – SWIMMING, LEPTOSPIROSIS AND ME – A ‘NIGHT AT THE OPERA’, BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK

I am back in the water, not without anxiety I have to say. The experience of leptospirosis was a bit of a drama for me, and I don’t think...

SWIMMING, LEPTOSPIROSIS, AND ME, BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK

LXVswim

Oct 8, 20211 min read

SWIMMING, LEPTOSPIROSIS, AND ME, BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK

If you are an outdoor or open water swimmer you probably don’t want to know too much about leptospirosis, or its more extreme form,...

THE EYNSHAM WAVE AND SWIMMER ROSS MACKEN

LXVswim

May 7, 20216 min read

THE EYNSHAM WAVE AND SWIMMER ROSS MACKEN

‘Who knows what the future will bring?’ These words echoed through my mind as I cycled down to Eynsham Lock to swim with Julie this...

SWIMMINGPOD - DARRIN ROLES AND THE OXFORDSHIRE LOCK TO LOCK SWIM EVENTS

LXVswim

Apr 30, 20213 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - DARRIN ROLES AND THE OXFORDSHIRE LOCK TO LOCK SWIM EVENTS

Darrin Roles is Eynsham man and boy. I have lived in Eynsham only since 1999, and have met him a number of times, increasingly so in the...

SWIMMINGPOD – JULIET TURNBULL SWIMMING AND SINGING THE THAMES

LXVswim

Apr 13, 20214 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – JULIET TURNBULL SWIMMING AND SINGING THE THAMES

‘She came in through the bathroom window’- the song welled up from the deep as I stumbled to the bathroom this morning, before any tea...