Wow, I absolutely loved Sunday both the swimming and the day. Gordon, Natasha and I stayed in a hotel the night before and at breakfast a lady on crutches came in with an Open Water Swimming Sweatshirt. It transpired that she was swimming and when she heard it was my […]

Last Sunday after an emergency visit to my son in the Cotswolds to sort his bad back, my husband is a Physiotherapist, we went to Henley and met Tors and her lovely dog Westie Doug. We walked the course and Tors filled me in on what I had missed when […]

So it was back to real life last week after our holiday and despite being jet lagged I was determined to get myself up on the Sunday morning and down to the local swimming lake. I donned my wetsuit and managed the required 800 metre lap and got my hat […]

We are just back from 2 weeks in Orlando with Mickey Mouse and Harry Potter plus rain and thunder every day except the last two days. What other holiday do you carry around your phone checking the weather radar so you know when to go on an indoor ride or […]

This week so far has been a week of highs and lows. On Saturday our local 33.3 yard long pool closed. I have swum on and off in this pool since I was 14 years old (some 54 years) whenever I was living, or visiting Essex. It is being replaced […]

Well I have completed my first outdoor swim in a wetsuit and I loved it once I got in. I did an Intoduction to Open water swimming in Surrey whilst I was on holiday. Our first hour was spent learning about swimming outside, the dangers, how to go in safely, […]

When I received the email saying I had won a place for the Henley Mile I was in Ibiza on a yoga/fitness retreat (with alcohol) and was in bed having decided that I was going to have a lie in and do nothing energetic before breakfast. I was so excited […]