MEET THE CLASS OF 2022

This year's 6 inspiring Girls have been selected and are preparing to take on swimming a mile in the Thames on July 10th 2022 at the Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival.
Read about each of them by clicking on their images above

River Thames

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An Unexpected Joy

July 14th, 2019 / by / in: Uncategorised / No responses

I entered this competition regarding outdoor swimming as a kind of bitter medicine: good for me, but something to be endured rather than enjoyed.   Yet here I am, on the eve of the Henley Swim Festival, a certified (certifiable?) outdoor swimming addict.  I knew I was forever lost to the […]

Slow off the mark

June 4th, 2019 / by / in: Uncategorised / No responses

It hasn’t been the most auspicious of starts.  Re-reading my introductory blog, I see that it was posted in early May.  What?  Almost a month has elapsed?  And what have I done in the meantime?  Not enough, and not nearly enough with my daughter. I knew that maintaining motivation would […]