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...

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...

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...

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 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...