Downstream
people say, or will I get ill? Can I enjoy a proper swim, whisked along by the current, or will I only ...
2 Cotswolds Swim ...
‘Of exercises, swimming’s best, Strengthens the muscles and the chest’ Dr E. Baynard, Health, 1764 It’s a Monday lunch ...
to Swindon. I’m anxious about a few things: mainly if I will be able to cover the whole five miles. I ...
challenge as I’ve grown older and I only venture to the lido or ponds on warm days. While I don’t min ...
to be able to swim for at least an hour at a time for this trip, and it was a couple of weeks before ...
immediately felt encased; it was like wearing a thick rubbery inner tube. I tried it out at the Gospel Oak ...
feet popped up out of the water as if they were made of cork; I couldn’t kick; I had no power in ...
Reading I see the river from the window again: it looks very wide, empty and cold. I have other worries apa ...
everyone I meet that I’m going to swim in the Thames, partly because I can’t believe I’m going to but ...
I get off the bus at Lechlade and walk down Thames Street to Halfpenny Bridge where David Walliams began his ...
toll house. To the right the view is all but obscured by a huge weeping willow, beyond which I can see swa ...
Lock. I’m trying to imagine what it would have been like to set off, knowing there are some 147 miles ...
rain stops, a rainbow appears in the sky over Thames Street and the pavements shimmer. ‘It’s not a competition, ...
they get a lot of SwimTrek people in here and I ask if they are super-serious swimmers. ‘No!’ he laughs, as ...
was inspired by the trees surrounding Buscot Pool. There are doves in the air; the emerald fields shine in the ...
did in 2006. The stick moves, ever so slightly, downstream. The next morning it’s a cloudy 13 degrees when ...
never alone. The first thing I see at Buscot Lock is a big sign reading: ‘Welcome to the lock. Please ...
swimming and she’s not wearing a wetsuit. Others arrive and there is a general feeling of anticipation. Our s ...
go round and introduce ourselves. Sandra Simpson says her swimming style is steady, not strong. She did a short t ...
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