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Autumnal Open Water Swimming 0

Autumnal Open Water Swimming

Autumn is here and winter is definitely on its way, but we still managed to get a decent group of us out for an open water swim in Clarach this morning. Despite the dark dingy start to the day, complete with some rain for good measure, I met Amanda, Graham, Sharon and Mel in Clarach Bay. After...

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Garmin 910XT

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Summertime in Wales

The sunshine really does make things nicer. Borth and Ynyslas are nice all the time, even when it’s blowing a gale and pouring with rain it has a certain, exposed charm all of its own, but when the sun is out and ‘the living is easy’ it can’t be beat. These last few days have...

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Sea Swimming – Effects of the Tide

I’m loving my open water swimming at the moment. There’s no need to go really hard, just nice steady swims in the sunshine. I’ve just got back from another swim on the seafront here at Ynsylas. I can swim at pretty much any state of the tide and there isn’t usually too much of a...

A Ceredigion Coastal Swim 0

A Ceredigion Coastal Swim

A few members of the INTR Tri club went for a gorgeous little swim along the coast yesterday. We started from North Beach in Aberystwyth in slightly choppy seas and sunny spells. Along with myself there was Graham and Sharon, Amanda and Kim. We swam out towards a buoy in order to avoid the rocks...

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Wild Swimming at Hexworthy

As well as visiting Plymouth during family holidays as a child, we always used to spend a day swimming in the river at Hexworthy on Dartmoor. During our recent camping trip to Dartmoor, it was therefore my duty to introduce Morgan to the joys of playing in the river. We went wild swimming at Hexworthy...

Exercise – It’s not good for you! 13

Exercise – It’s not good for you!

I’m supposed to be competing in a 1km swim in Lake Bala on Saturday. A few fellow members of the INTR Tri club are coming along too as are some people from swimfit. The swim is organised byt he British Long Distance Swimming Association. I say ‘supposed’ to be doing it because I managed to...

Estuary Swim 0

Battling against the current

My schedule today included a 2km swim, so rather than drive to the pool I was determined to do an open water swim – In the rain of course. The westerly wind meant that the seafront was a little too rough so I headed off to the estuary where the water was dead calm. Suited...

Aberystwyth Sea Swim 13

Open Water Swimming in Borth and Aberystwyth

The sea temperature is gradually warming up, it still isn’t warm at about 10ºC but it’s warm enough to get in for a swim with my Triathlon Wetsuit on and the warm sunny days have made the sea look quite inviting. I had a nice swim at Ynyslas last Thursday, just a straight swim down...

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Lake Bala Swim Report

I enjoyed my swim in Lake Bala yesterday for Diabetes UK Cymru. When I got up the weather looked perfect, sunny spells and no wind at all, but then I looked at the temperature and saw that it was at 2.6ºC – It’s getting chilly out there at night now. By the time we got...