Open Water Swimming

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♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Aug 2020 9:49am, 19 Aug 2020 35,881 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Couldn't find any of the described deeper pools on the West Okement River, so we were reduced to dipping in water that was about three feet deep! Nothing to add to the Fetch swimming map yet. We will try again another day.
Oranj Aug 2020 8:44am, 24 Aug 2020 2,190 posts	0 Oranj "If this was a drug they wouldn't believe you" bbc.co.uk Plenty of positive messages about swimming in cold water here.
Groundhog Aug 2020 8:57pm, 25 Aug 2020 1,115 posts	0 Groundhog Early morning swim in a local lake for me tomorrow. I am such a novice and generally rubbish swimmer but have got some decent goggles and now hand paddles to try just to get me thinking about my hands more, instead of kicking. I'm aiming for as slow and relaxed as possible 😃
LindsD Aug 2020 9:02pm, 25 Aug 2020 40,072 posts	0 LindsD Enjoy it GH
jda Aug 2020 9:12pm, 25 Aug 2020 8,180 posts	0 jda Hope the paddles float or are firmly attached! My Finis paddles have neither property and I’ve never dared play with them in deep water In other open water news, we had a bit of an adventure last week in Ullswater on a very windy day. The swimming in choppy water (in an organised group) was great fun but it was a bit too cold for me to be out for such a long time.
Rosehip Aug 2020 9:16pm, 25 Aug 2020 17,553 posts	0 Rosehip was hoping to get a swim in derwentwater next week - but it looks like it has algae Will take cossie and hat anyway
Wine Legs Aug 2020 8:12am, 26 Aug 2020 5,398 posts	0 Wine Legs Rydal water is good for a swim too, Rosehip. Hope you manage to get a dip!
Groundhog Aug 2020 9:53am, 26 Aug 2020 1,117 posts	0 Groundhog Tried the paddles on my swim this morning and I was a bit useless and unbalanced with them. Did 200m then stopped. I did manage to relax my leg kick and not stress out at the weeds, which there were loads from the storm passing over last night. It was lovely to swim and see the sun coming up.
LindsD Aug 2020 9:56am, 26 Aug 2020 40,092 posts	0 LindsD Well done!
Groundhog Aug 2020 10:11am, 26 Aug 2020 1,120 posts	0 Groundhog When I said I stopped, I just stopped using the paddles. I did manage to keep swimming for another 1k. Trying to build up my crawl at the moment which is going slowly - 50:50 crawl/breaststroke today, which is better than last time.