A site about swimming and life
At the beginning of November as the 2nd national lockdown for England was announced I embarked on a challenge to dip in outdoor water on each of the 30 days of November. Lots of people do these kind of challenges, often in December or January but as I explained in my starting blog here, November …
In January I wrote a blog about winter swimming. How wonderful it is, why just a few minutes of immersion in cold water is enough to make you smile for the whole day. Much of that smile wasn’t created by the cold water though. It was created by others. By the people I would meet …
November feels like a bit of a neglected month. It’s not December, the month of Christmas madness or January, the month of resolutions, fresh starts and general depression at it being damp and cold with a couple more months of that to deal with. Lots of people do a dip a day in December or …
This weekend I got to return to somewhere that feels like home to me. Somewhere I used to spend every Thursday evening and Saturday morning from May to September. Somewhere I’d only briefly been into since July 2019. Toddbrook Sailing Club. It was where I helped to run our happy, friendly, welcoming open water swimming …
I’ve always liked sleeping, liked a comfy bed. One of life's proper yet simple luxuries. I need sleep, when I’ve not had enough I really can’t function no matter how much caffeine I consume. When really tired I’ve been known to nod off even after the strongest of coffees. I discovered the power of a …
I hate confrontation. I always have. The threat of a telling off was enough to keep me in line as a child both at home and school. I never had a detention or a red card. As I’ve got older I’ve become braver but I’m still very much a rule follower. I take risks but …
What is it? A unique, newly discovered disease affecting many members of the human race across the globe. What are the symptoms? As with many infectious diseases, symptoms can vary from person to person. In the case of Lockdownitis, symptoms can also differ between households, geographic area and are often dependant on duration and severity …
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Before you read any further I need to say this. This isn’t intended as a fishing for sympathy post or a “woe is me, I’m in a worse position than anyone else” blog. Everyone is affected by the current situation in some way. No-one is immune to the current deal from Mother Nature. This is …
I think everyone is prone to new fashions. Arguably some more than others. Perhaps it is part of human nature to feel a need to somehow “fit” in society. Adopting a fashion can give us that common grounding point on which to connect with other humans. So what new fashion am I banging on about …
I should be writing. I should be writing a lot. I should be getting all of this out. And yet I’ve struggled, really, really struggled to sit down and write in the last five weeks. I’m not someone who writes every day. I’ve never been a regular diary keeper. I’m not a “writer” I just …
