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...

Dec 10, 20241 min read

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

Sep 22, 20241 min read

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...

Dec 21, 20222 min read

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

Sep 9, 20222 min read

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

Aug 18, 20221 min read

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

Jan 20, 20226 min read

‘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 15, 20212 min read

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...

Oct 8, 20211 min read

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,...

May 23, 20206 min read

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...