the swims of 2011

Lakes and Rivers

River Cam, Newnham Riverbank Club

River Nene at Tansor and Wadenhoe, Northants

River Sava, Slovenia

Loch Lubnaig, Trossachs

Glen Etive, Western Highlands

Ellerton Lake, North Yorkshire

Easedale Tarn, Cumbria

Lake Bled, Slovenia

Lake Bohinj, Slovenia

Lake de Presil, Italy

Cardingmill Valley Reservoir, Shropshire

 

Sea

Calshot Beach, Hampshire

Coldringham Bay, Borders

Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

Madellena Archipelago, Sardinia

Outer Hebrides – between the isles off Barra

Bamburgh, Northumberland

Tenby and surrounding beaches, Pembrokeshire

Whistable, Kent

 

Lidos

Tooting Bec

London Fields

Hampton

Temperatures varying between 0.5 degrees C to 20 degrees C.

Cardingmill Valley, Shropshire

Kate and I went up to see her Mum in Shropshire on Saturday morning. It was a lovely sunny day, so we decided to walk up Cardingmill Valley and swim in the disused reservoir – which we think is called New Pools. It’s a National Trust property and they have relaxed their attitude to wild swimming, as there’s a helpful sign about wild swimming on a post by the reservoir. I’d say the water was about 9 degrees C. We felt refreshed, invigorated and ready for the massive dinner that followed.