LXVSWIM

This one was unexpected, but should not have been. Emma had a swim-aversary, she had swum every day for a year. Every single day,...

The Christmas period 2019 was a special period for swimming and dipping. When the swims were so perfect in their own way and the...

When in Uppsala this Summer, I knew of Linnaeus, Carl von Linné, the ‘father of modern taxonomy’ – everything we do in classifying nature...

There are many good places to swim in Essex, especially on the coast, being mindful of the high tide to avoid muddy shallow estuaries....

Dodo – December Outdoor Dip Oxford; Dip Outdoor December Oxford; December Oxford Dip Outdoors. I am never sure how it goes, but however...

I got off the train at Klampenborg once previously, for another purpose and not to swim. This was to go to the art museum Ordrupgaard...

Wild(ish) grey-white horses, rolling in from Sweden, tussling into shore. That’s what it looks like from the top of the hill, grey into...

Today I am in Malmo, which they say is in Sweden, but some (many here) would say Skane. There is a very strong Skane identity – the...

Seebad Enge is at the top of Lake Zurich, set in a beautiful location. Walking through the mature arboretum and well-tended ornamental...

Strandbad Mythenquai is on the other side of the lake to Teifenbrunnen, and closer to the centre of Zurich, easy to get to. I wasn’t sure...

I arrived in Zurich bright and early – certainly early, and not really so bright, having left home at four in the morning to get to...

I dropped Pauline at Heathrow this morning, after a dip in Port Meadow (to put her mind in a good place), and after saying goodbye, I...