Reminiscences of a Long Distance Swimmer

I am one of the very few people on earth who can say with 100% certainty that taking up extreme marathon swimming definitely saved their li...

I am not a qualified swimming coach and am not necessarily the world's authority on front crawl but I've swum ca. 22 miles & al...

 The first person ever to swim Loch Lomond was Gerald Forsberg in 1959 - that must have been quite some feat.. When the BLDSA conce...

When I joined the BLDSA, it was the Ullswater Swim that grabbed my attention round the scruff of the neck and I was desperate to have a crac...

Got back from Bala and one thing keeps striking me. It doesn’t matter how long these BLDSA swims are but the feeling of achievement doesn’t ...

So, Superman (Mark Bayliss) and I decided the best plan of attack for the Torbay swim, and in order to not to use up any holiday, would be t...