Downstream
considered a friend of the swimmer. But it is more than the danger of pollution that acts as a deterr ...
there is no particular date at which it started and as long as the Thames still exists there is no reason ...
books, blogs and magazines all devoted to swimming outside, and if Peter Ackroyd was right when he wrote in 20 ...
swimming spots across the country. When Archibald Sinclair commented in 1885 that ‘open-water bathing has n ...
Sinclair, as to all ‘wild’ swimmers, a plunge in the open is something to be remembered, ‘the body glows ...
A picture postcard of Maggie Scott, one of many champion swimmers from the early 1900s. Some people started swimming in ...
and their parents and grandparents before them – and continue to do so, others have only turned to the riv ...
we have come back to the Thames in numbers not seen for a long time. We might have lost the old ponto ...
the very river spots that fell into decline during the Second World War and were largely abandoned in the 19 ...
people sign up for organised swims in the Thames. In some cases the tradition remains virtually unbroken: the Ot ...
London. While the history of once famous swimmers has been buried over time, modern swimmers are replicating wha ...
straw hat. In 1916, Eileen Lee swam thirty-six miles, in modern times Alison Streeter has set two Thames reco ...
1908 Montague Holbein managed fifty. Now new records have been set by Kevin Murphy, Lewis Pugh and Charlie Witt ...
the Thames again, this time as the final leg of his Seven Seas swim to highlight the need for protected a ...
about Thames swimming since Victorian times, along with warnings about strong currents and tides, the depth ...
and didn’t do me any harm’ – argues that if people want to swim in the Thames ‘then they should be allow ...
first is clothing and equipment, particularly the wetsuit, which has changed significantly since the modern v ...
have ‘fastskin’ racing suits, high-tech goggles, fins, neoprene gloves and boots. Wetsuits keep us warmer, ...
swimming was added to the Olympics in 2008. For some the swim is initially the most challenging part of ...
sponsors, from wetsuit brands to drinks and food manufacturers. Detailed entry forms asks participants what s ...
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