Switch the lights off and everything is more exciting isn’t it? Add swimming in a remote tarn, a moonlit mountain backdrop or even a twinkling lakeside town and you have something really special, Night Swimming in the Lake District. I remember when we first started night swimming as a way of prolonging our weekly [...]
Getting the perfect size wetsuit for open water swimming is quite an art form, we've put these tips together to help you get the wetsuit on correctly and to get the fit right first time. Fit is everything with a swimming wetsuit - too tight and you'll feel restricted, too big and you'll be [...]
Fans of Arthur Ransome’s classic Lakes’ story Swallows and Amazons will have a chance to live the adventure for themselves next summer. Ambleside-based Swim the Lakes are hosting a weekend activity holiday which includes a sail on “Captain Flint’s houseboat” and a swim to Wild Cat Island. The base for the weekend is Low Bank [...]
