By: Blonde Two
I belong to a lovely community of swimming friends and we often use our swims as an opportunity to celebrate in times of joy and… Read full article
How to take the perfect outdoor swimming Instagram photo… (This isn’t one!)
By: Blonde Two
Social media… Love it or hate it, most of us indulge in it. At the moment I seem to be chatting online to lots of… Read full article
Clear, clear waters… Winter outdoor swimming in Snowdonia
By: Blonde Two
Between Christmas and New Year Mr B2 and I escaped in our newly converted camper van (jolly good work Mr B2) to Snowdonia where we… Read full article
Winter outdoor swimming: Five unforeseen advantages
By: Blonde Two
I love my outdoor swimming, especially in the winter. It brings with it all the usual expected benefits of outdoor life including improved mental and… Read full article
Outdoor swimming – A little bit of Blonde research
By: Blonde Two
The UK winter outdoor swimming season starts in November and goes on to the end of March. Which is partly why, on November 1st this… Read full article
Winter Outdoor Swimming: The Ice Mile
By: Blonde Two
The face above is the face of someone who has just swum a kilometre in the sea in winter. As you can see, I was… Read full article
Sunrise, seals and swell… An outdoor swim with a difference!
By: Blonde Two
One of the main (there are many) differences between outdoor swimming and indoor swimming is that usually when you swim inside, you know what is… Read full article
Tuesday’s Ten – Reasons to go swimming in the rain
By: Blonde Two
How many times have you planned a bit of outdoor fun then looked out of the window only to think, ‘Not today, it’s raining’? In… Read full article
The water feels warm… is it hysteresis?
By: Blonde Two
Here are a couple of scenarios that lovers of the outdoors will recognise… It is autumn. You roll out your bivvy and sleeping bags and… Read full article
Monday Mash Up
By: Blonde Two
When it is Monday and you have to mash things up for a blog post it can be helpful, when you are short on mashing… Read full article
Rusty Railing – farewell to a landmark
By: Blonde Two
‘I’ll meet you by the double railings’. Was the instruction I received the first time I headed down to the beach join my swimming group…. Read full article
It’s tomorrow! How about visiting a river for National Get Outside Day?
By: Blonde Two
If you look at a map that shows only the UK’s rivers, they look like branches of tiny blood vessels spreading out across a hand…. Read full article
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