August, 2016 Archive

Swim News

Book Review – Wild Swimming Dartmoor

Our favourite publishers Wild Things Publishing have sent us another book to review, this time a little closer to home covering walks and swims in the beautiful countryside of Dartmoor and South Devon. The authors Sophie Pierce and Matt Newbury share their favourite swim/walks including wild waterfalls, secret lakes, river meadows and sandy seaside secret […]

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Canterbury to Swalecliffe Walk Swim

Canterbury to Swalecliffe along the Crab and Winkle Way. This is taken from Wild Swimming Walks, walk number 21, distance 8.5 miles. We will be meeting at Brixton tube at 9am, Sunday 4th September, then traveling up to St Pancras London to catch the 10:08am train to Canterbury West station. The walk goes from the […]

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Parliament Hill to the Ponds

Starting at Parliament Hill Lido Saturday 27th August, we’re off for another gentle stroll round Hampstead Heath and finishing with a glorious swim at the ponds. This is a repeat expedition of last October’s event… with warmer water. Meet outside Brixton Tube Station at 10am. We then travel to to Kentish Town, via Victoria and […]

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Welsh Wales Weekend Walk

An amazing weekend in Snowdonia with the Facebook Swim Walks gang. Challenging terrain but well worth the slog to get to those remote Llyns (lakes in Welsh). Big thanks to Claire Towers and Philip Nice for some very tasty food and well planned walks. Looking forward to the next weekend away. [slideshow id=12]

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