Open Water Swimming

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Red Squirrel Jul 2021 10:12am, 6 Jul 2021 21,943 posts	0 Red Squirrel I'm very lucky to have membership of the local swimming lake and I also work there 2 days a fortnight. Working on building back up endurance at the moment; although I'll lose that again in winter when swims will be shorter! I do need to get some variation tho' with rivers and the sea. No sea to swim in here tho' as we're on a muddy estuary. Hoping to get a train to Devon once a month-ish and swim with a sea group.
Wine Legs Jul 2021 2:11pm, 6 Jul 2021 5,780 posts	0 Wine Legs FRU, we will be in the Lake District at the end of July as Binks is doing the Lakeland 100, and we have a week's holiday afterwards. We are staying in / near Ambleside. I shall be packing my wetsuit and swimming kit in its entirety!!
jda Jul 2021 2:26pm, 6 Jul 2021 10,466 posts	0 jda Lots of great swimming to be had, visitors from the south do need to be aware that the lakes might be substantially colder than they are used to, even in the height of summer. 13C in Ullswater last time I swam there, in August last year. I got very cold even in a wetsuit!
Red Squirrel Jul 2021 2:48pm, 6 Jul 2021 21,945 posts	0 Red Squirrel I ought to move up north! Finding 19oC too hot for me at the mo.
Lizzie Whizz Jul 2021 5:24pm, 6 Jul 2021 25,247 posts	0 Lizzie Whizz Our unheated lido is 20ish, and it's still refreshing getting in!
FRU (KeepTheFaith) Jul 2021 7:33pm, 6 Jul 2021 12,814 posts	0 FRU (KeepTheFaith) Ooo Wine Legs I’ll give you a shout when we are there. I am plotting some early morning challenges to kick starf my running and enjoy some run/swim/runs along with as much swimming in lake consiston as the family will allow I’ve no wetsuit but will bring my neoprene gloves and boots because I am sure even my hardy soul will notice a difference!
D2 Jul 2021 4:34pm, 7 Jul 2021 12,176 posts	0 D2 Our unheated outdoor pool is 19 and I agree "refreshing", you dont notice it after the first length though.
Groundhog Jul 2021 7:29pm, 19 Jul 2021 2,554 posts	0 Groundhog I've been melting today in my home office. I need a swim, the cooler the better. I'll try the Thames by the Reading parkrun course.
Groundhog Jul 2021 10:29pm, 19 Jul 2021 2,555 posts	0 Groundhog Made it to the river at sunset and moon rise.
Red Squirrel Jul 2021 10:56pm, 19 Jul 2021 21,960 posts	0 Red Squirrel I've been swimming in the local river quite a bit. Nice 20 min cycle along a towpath to get there. We go early in the morning as it gets busy from 11:00 onwards. Lovely vibe on both sides and I think it's going to be the place to go for schoolkids/students in the summer holidays.