swim reviews and swimming gear reviews
Puffin Billy Eco15 Drybag Tow Float User Review
Jan, from Swim the Lakes in Ambleside reviews the Puffin Billy Eco 15 Drybag tow float and wouldn't leave home for an outdoor swim without it!
Zoggs Thermal Swimsuit Review
Find out what our Jan thought about the new Zoggs Thermal Swimsuit. She takes a chilly winter dip to see what all the fuss is about... What we all want to know, is did it keep her warm?!
BlueSeventy Thermal Helix Review
The design and specification of the award winning Helix wetsuit has been used as the template for the Thermal Helix, with a few crucial additions...
Coming in From the Cold: The Winter Swim Championships, Siberia
Brit Jane Hardy travelled to Tyumen in Siberia, 8-12th March 2016 to take part in the Winter Swimming World Championships, her biggest challenge was coping with the extreme cold. With air temperatures close to sub 20'c with a possible wind-chill of minus 30'c and water temperatures below zero, Jane really needed something special to combat [...]
Aquasphere Kaiman EXO Goggle Review
I'm always looking for swimming goggles to range in our Ambleside store that will appeal to the many different kinds of swimmers we get walking through the door… I think I might have found my favourite so far. The Kaiman EXO goggle looks like a low-profile version of other goggles in the Aquasphere range and [...]
Gloves for Swimming in Colder Water
Review: Gloves for Swimming in Colder Water Swimming gloves and swimming socks help keep your extremities warm enabling you to stay comfortable for longer in colder waters. I suffer from 'white finger' (Raynaud's syndrome), even on hill walks and fell runs my hands can go solid white and numb, so I was really motivated to find [...]
Blue Seventy Women’s Helix Review
The Blue Seventy Helix gets the thumbs up from swim coach Claire Wilson I wore this wetsuit for the first time in a triathlon swim on a very wild and windy day and I must say - it is amazing! It feels very fast and despite the very choppy conditions, the stroke length and [...]
Wild Swim Weekend Reviews 2014
Wild Swim Weekend Reviews 2014 Some of the reviews and kind words sent to us from swimmers who joined us on our guided wild swimming weekends in Buttermere and Windermere this year: Big thanks, to you and Pete, for a hugely challenging but brilliant weekend. I did not imagine I would get to [...]
Blue Seventy Swim Socks Review
I tried some neoprene swim socks a couple of years ago, it wasn’t very successful, they eventually flipped off my feet and a I lost them in Windermere (not good), to be fair they were probably more suitable for kayaking or similar water activities, rather than as swimming socks. BlueSeventy Neoprene Swim socks I didn’t [...]
Customer feedback from our Introduction to Open Water Swimming Courses
Customer feedback from our popular Introduction to Open Water Swimming Courses in fabulous the Lake District. This course is aimed at beginners to open water swimming, you can find out more here: Introduction to open water swimming course. Hi Andrea & Pete, We would both like to thank you for providing a very excellent swimming course [...]
Introduction to Open Water Swimming Course Reviews 2013
Our Introduction to Open Water Swimming Courses are very popular and we enjoy them as much as our customers. Here's some customer testimonials for 2013's courses. 'Hi guys, I would just like to thank you for the Open Water Training course I attended on the 12th May 2013. After feeling quite competent in the [...]
Introduction to Open Water Swimming Course Reviews 2012
Our Introduction to Open Water swimming courses in the Lake District proved to be an absolute hit this year and rightly so, we think you’d find it difficult to have any more fun in neoprene! Our customers on the open water swim course tend to arrive with a mixture of feelings from excitement through to [...]
Head to the Hills Utterly Buttermere Swim 2012 Guest Book
Some great comments left by the awesome swimmers in the 2012 Utterly Buttermere Swim. Just wanted to say thank you for an amazing day on Sunday despite the weather!It was an amazing event in an amazing location. Well done to you all especially the kayakers who were amongst the best I've seen at [...]