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This month, a reader challenged me. Why does a magazine about outdoor swimming cover so much pool content? Shouldn’t we just focus on wild swimming? It’s a fair question, and I’m always glad to hear from our subscribers, even when they...
SUPER PATRONS Jaimie Monahan Glyn Marston PATRONS Sarah Shippey Dale Franzen Jennifer Simms Seana Smith Jared Wade Frank Boyne Danny Mawdsley Helen Rowe Kate Boddington Nicola Rough Eric Blakeley Susanne Riedner Ray Donagh Sandy Mayzell
The SLSC UK Cold Water Swimming Championships will be back at Tooting Lido on Saturday, 30 January 2027. Swimmers from around the globe, smiling volunteers, freezing races, hot tubs, saunas, cheering, bunting and tasty hot food....
There is a new destination for swimmers and sauna lovers - this month Castle Lake Open Water Swimming & Sauna at Dorset Adventure Park will open. It creates one of Dorset’s newest year-round open water swimming destinations beneath the...
After successfully swimming the North Channel, 19-year-old marathon swimmer Maya Merhige has done it again and successfully swam the Strait of Gibraltar in just 3 hours, 49 minutes. This is part of her quest to become the youngest in the...
Check out a new free app mapping 184,900 swimming spots worldwide. Beaches, lakes and wild-swim spots all with live water temperature for each and Waze-style community reports (jellyfish, crowds, flags) so swimmers can check real conditions...
The largest seagrass restoration project ever undertaken in the UK has been launched in an ambitious £1.8 million marine recovery programme in Cornwall. Seagrass meadows are among the most important habitats in the ocean improving water...
