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LXVswim
Jan 184 min read
SWIMMINGPOD - TOM KEARNEY, ON TRANSFORMATION AND SWIMMING AT HAMPSTEAD HEATH MEN'S POND
Tom Kearney on the far left - Tom is a Hampstead resident of over a quarter of a century and year-round swimmer at the nearby Ponds. He...
LXVswim
Dec 30, 20241 min read
SWIMMINGPOD – STANLEY ULIJASZEK AND LONDON OPEN WATER SWIMMING
Stanley Ulijaszek at the Hampstead Men's Pond Listen to the podcast This podcast is about open water swimming in London – given how urban...
LXVswim
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...
LXVswim
Apr 18, 20225 min read
COPENHAGEN SWIMMING AND TOGS FOR A PANDEMIC RECYCLED
It somehow feels right to leave my stripy togs in Copenhagen to be recycled. On the last day here, after nearly three years away, I put...
LXVswim
Feb 14, 20223 min read
SWIMMINGPOD - DYLAN FRIEDMANN AND A YEAR OF SWIMMING AND DIPPING DAILY IN LAKE ONTARIO, CANADA
If you want to find Dylan Friedmann on a cold, cold, Toronto winter’s morning, it’s quite easy in some ways. First get up before dawn,...
LXVswim
Dec 24, 20216 min read
CHRISTMAS SWIMMING AND RITUAL – ON A TALK BY AUTHOR MADELEINE BUNTING
I saw three swimmers go swimming by On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; I saw three swimmers go swimming by On Christmas Day in the...
LXVswim
Aug 28, 20213 min read
SWIMMINGPOD – PAULINE BARKER AND THE POLAR BEAR (AND PENGUIN) CHALLENGE
It is late August, a time of year when summer is coming close to ending, and when I start to look forward to winter again. I used to...
LXVswim
May 17, 20214 min read
SWIMMINGPOD - ANNA DEACON AND ‘TAKING THE PLUNGE’
Anna Deacon is a photographer of considerable repute, her work appearing in a who’s who of UK journalism – The Times, The Guardian, The...
LXVswim
Jan 22, 20214 min read
SWIMMINGPOD –WITH SANDY BURNETT, MUSICIAN AND BROADCASTER, ON WATER, MUSIC, MUSIC AND WATER
Sandy Burnett is a Man of Music, especially amphibious in classical waters and jazz streams of consciousness. He is one of the most...
LXVswim
Oct 7, 20191 min read
LOUGH CORRIB AND PAUL HENRY
Lough Corrib, the biggest lake in the Republic of Ireland. it held meaning for painter Paul Henry (1876 to 1958), who lived in the West...
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