Tag Wild Swimming

Winter Swimming

We went to Cornwall at the weekend, staying with a bunch of friends in the Youth Hostel at St Just right down near Land’s End. It’s a regular January event notwithstanding global pandemics. You can hire whole places for a…

Trapped

My November swim is done and dusted but I got trapped and nearly came a cropper. That’s in spite of being wary in and on the water. I’ve got a healthy respect for the waves, checking weather conditions and sea…

A Different Swim

Have wetsuit will travel! It came with me on our trip back to my parent’s Essex home just in case I fancied more than a paddle in the Thames Estuary. My journey brought me to Thorpe Bay at high tide…

Wild Swimming

The first of September! A new month and a new wild swimming challenge. Here’s a selfie from three years ago taken before I ate all the pies during lockdown. I’m wearing one of the first presents that Hot Stuff bought…