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.

Glen Etive

The last time I was here in 2009 the river was in spate and Kate and I couldn’t get in. But last Friday we were blessed with a sunny day and clear waters. We only stayed for 40 minutes, as we were on the way back to Kelso. Both upstream and downstream of this large plunge pool are several others. On a sunny day, with time to spare, you could spend hours and hours here swimming, jumping and messing about.

So, if you ever find yourself in the vicinity of Oban or Fort William check it out. Just off the A82 east of Glen Coe, there’s a turn down a single track road. You’ll come to a bridge. You can swim, a little, below this, but the wonders appear further downstream – three big pools. You may have to scramble a bit to get down to them, but it’s well rewarded.