One Word Wednesday

By: Blonde Two

One word but then, being Blonde, we always have a few more to say. This week features me giving B1 a lesson on how to… Read full article

Tuesday’s Ten – Types of Jellyfish

By: Blonde Two

As previously recorded, I am not a jellyfish fan but I do (when I am out of the water) have some distant admiration for the… Read full article

South West is Best

By: Blonde Two

That’s it folks, the schools are out, the gates are open and the M5 is looking a tad full… From now on, for six weeks,… Read full article

Let’s hear it for the tide…

By: Blonde Two

One of the things that I love about the sea is the tide. Whatever time you visit, however closely you check the tide times, you… Read full article

Polar Bear Challenge – Completed

By: Blonde Two

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce that, on March 31st 2019, I successfully completed the Devon and Cornwall Wild Swimming 2019 Gold Polar… Read full article

Swimming is NOT the new yoga… here’s why!

By: Blonde Two

Just like you, I enjoy reading what other people have to say about the outdoors and, most of the time, I find myself agreeing with… Read full article

Outdoor Swimming – The Polar Bear Challenge Report

By: Blonde Two

Back in November, I started the rather chilly outdoor swimming Polar Bear Challenge. This five-month challenge involves skin swimming (which does require a swimsuit but… Read full article

Tuesday’s Ten – Types of Seaweed

By: Blonde Two

It continues to be stormy down here by the Devon seaside, which means that, as an outdoor swimmer with a serious sea swimming addiction, I… Read full article

Foo foo deep in seaweed

By: Blonde Two

After an idyllic summer, November in Devon turned out to be a month of storms, disrupted travel and copious seaweed. We have had seaweed everywhere,… Read full article

Tuesday’s Ten – Instructions for the Polar Bear Challenge

By: Blonde Two

As I am coming to the end of my 50 sleeps for 50 years challenge, I have decided to accept another (even chillier) challenge for… Read full article

Wave Cadence

By: Blonde Two

Wave Cadence – the rhythmical flow and pattern of waves Storm passes… Sea-strewn scraps, Along pebble flung passageways, Lead to… Milk-jelly waters, Of glacial… Read full article

B2 50 Sleeps for 50 Years – September Progress

By: Blonde Two

At the beginning of January (the month of my 50th birthday), I set myself the Get Outside challenge of sleeping outdoors (or very nearly outdoors) for 50 nights… Read full article