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...

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...

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...

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,...