LXVSWIM

Sep 91 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - WEST OXFORDSHIRE SWIMMING LAKE WITH EMMA GIBBARD AND CARL TYSOM

Emma Gibbard and Carl Tysom are both passionate about open water swimming, and are both involved in overseeing swimming at the West...

Jun 301 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - DIVING FREE, DIVING DEEP, WITH SAM MILLWARD

Sam Millward is a scuba and freediving instructor, fascinated by the mental, physical and experiential benefits that all forms of...

Mar 231 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - RAMIN CYRUS, SWIMMING AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

Ramin Cyrus has swum a channel relay, the Thames Marathon at Henley and other big swims, all great achievements. Powerful achievements,...

Dec 13, 20231 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – WILD SWIMMING AND STUDENT LIFE, WITH VERA PROKOPIEVA AND ANNIE LIDDELL

Vera Prokopieva and Annie Liddle were undergraduate students at the University of Oxford. They both took up wild swimming together while...

Jan 13, 20232 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – GRACE WRIGHT-ARORA, AND COLD WATER SWIMMING AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE

So many cold water swimmers are non-conformists, but who would have thought of it as a political act? Grace Wright-Arora carried out...

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...

Mar 13, 20223 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – TOM ELLIOTT AND RICHARD FLINT AND SWIM-FILM 'AS YOU LAKE IT'

Tom Elliott and Danny Longman swam all the lakes of the Lake District in four days, and Richard Flint filmed them. Sounds simple, but of...

May 23, 20206 min read

65@65 LOCK-DOWN SWIM – GODSTOW LOCK WITH ABBA

Abba is the happy-music that pops up when I am happy. Life somehow is less than surreal, but it could go from stage two back to stage one...