If you’re looking to break out of the swimming pool into open water, or have ever fancied giving it a go there’s never been a better time to go wild. Open water swimming is the perfect way to take your swimming ( and even your life) in a new direction. Take the Plunge Now is [...]
Swim the Lakes has teamed up with everyone's favourite changing robe brand, Robies to offer winter swimmers a great introductory deal on their new range of swimming changing robes. Welcome to the Team Robies:) The highlight of the range is the new Event Jacket from Robies which will appeal to Ice Swimming enthusiasts competing in The [...]
Open water and outdoor swimming events in the Lake District grow more popular every year and as the sport develops so is the demand for open water swim training. Introduction to Open Water Swimming Swim the Lakes run popular Introduction to Open Water Swimming workshops for swimmers who are making the transition from pool to open [...]
Th first introduction to open water swimming in the Lake District
The Utterly Buttermere Swim 2012 was a day people will remember for lots of reasons. The Buttermere 10k participants will remember it for the sheer challenge of the distance as the rain battered their backs and they looked down through crystal clear water amazed at the clarity. The 5k Buttermere swimmer’s for the adventure [...]
Andrew Carter from BBC Radio Cumbria came down to our regular Monday evening swim in Rydal Water on a stunning Lake District June evening to find out what is the attraction of ‘wild swimming’ and we think he’s hooked. The feature ‘Wild swimming in the Lake District’ aired on Mon 25 June 2012 on [...]
Always first into the water when it comes to outdoor swimming, we've just towelled ourself dry from our first "Introduction to Open Water Swimming in the Lake District" course and here's how it went...
I go for the dive so there is no backing out, my head explodes with needles of cold and my feet are on fire, and not in a good way, but the rest of my pale winter body is amped and fizzing with sensations and I’m in bloody heaven. I swim back towards [...]
The Great North Swim 2011 in Windermere has been the biggest open water swimming event in the UK, an awesome achievement on behalf of the organisers and for each and everyone who took part, amazing. The setting, Windermere is also what makes it amazing, the views of the Lake District fells from the [...]
open water swimming season starts in Rydal water Lake District
outdoor night swimming in Rydal water in the lake district. open water swimming wetsuits.
Getting in is hard enough owch! Now I’m not pretending that I’m not accident prone, I mean I do have quite a long page record at the hospital I’m sure, but I think this must be one the weirdest open water swimming injuries ever. Whilst exiting Rydal lake after a great after [...]
Imagine, its October the cool autumn fog is sitting above England’s largest lake, the water temperature is 12oc. A small group of swimmers gather on the lake edge and one of them has a gold medal. Olympic Gold Medalist Duncan Goodhew won Gold for Great Britain at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, but [...]