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 […]

Well what a great day that was!  My feeling of accomplishment was huge.   I camped at the event the night before and as all campers will ask themselves, where does the time go in the morning?  Before I knew it, I was pushing my nerves to one side and […]

In this month’s edition of the Outdoor Swimmer magazine, I was inspired by an article in which two people went swimming in a former quarry in Krakow, Poland.  Lola and John had a five hour layover in Krakow on their return journey from Jordan, and they took the opportunity to […]

Juggling the demands of everyday life, along with a husband, children, mother and grandmother is hard. With the enormity of responsibilities that come with each of these roles (mother, wife, daughter, grand-daughter and manager of a large team) comes with the reality that you cannot excel at all of them […]

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 […]

I’m not fond of the cold.  Last winter I spent most evenings wearing two hot water bottles strapped to my torso, three jumpers on top of the hot water bottles, gloves (yes, indoors) and an electric double-footed boot slipper – the type you see in the assisted living section of […]

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 […]