Open Water Swimming

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Red Squirrel Jul 2021 9:14pm, 24 Jul 2021 21,961 posts	0 Red Squirrel It's 24 degrees at my swimming lake. Too hot! Some of us winter dippers were reminiscing about the cooler temperatures.
Wine Legs Jul 2021 7:55am, 25 Jul 2021 5,784 posts	0 Wine Legs Fru: Coniston was pretty warm the other day ... but we were only dipping in the edges.
poppyH Jul 2021 10:34am, 25 Jul 2021 1,397 posts	0 poppyH Club to Pub in the Thames last night. 1.5k first third upstream then back downstream the other side of the island. Easily the most crowded spaces I've been in in 18 months, as the exit point is onto a pub frontage, with crowds of swimmers/family/spectators/BBQ. However the swim itself was lovely.
LindsD Jul 2021 1:04pm, 25 Jul 2021 48,656 posts	0 LindsD That sounds nice
FRU (KeepTheFaith) Jul 2021 5:10pm, 25 Jul 2021 12,823 posts	0 FRU (KeepTheFaith) I’m also missing the cold cold swims. All my options are warm at the moment. Although that also means enjoying some longer swims I think you get more benefits from the cold though in all honesty We had a group get into danger yesterday a new swimmer not listening to the experienced and got dragged along by the tide into the rocks in the bay Rnli callout A timely reminder to learn more about tides and your ability in open seas We are going to write some safety and life saving lessons I’m happy to share here when they are ready and also love to know any of your safety views Also Yesterday we had a litter incident someone had left a big piece of thick foam on the riverbank that had been left with part in the water so too heavy to move. The cows in that field had started to nibble the edges. Arnt people thoughtless!! So we ended up floating it back along the river boot camp challenge style. Getting it out was a work of torture but again a new boot camp exercise fold and tread on the top to get the water out Lessons in respect of the sea and litter picking
FRU (KeepTheFaith) Jul 2021 5:12pm, 25 Jul 2021 12,824 posts	0 FRU (KeepTheFaith) Club to pub sounds lovely! Winelegs. I cant wait for a dip in Coniston x
LindsD Jul 2021 5:46pm, 25 Jul 2021 48,657 posts	0 LindsD Those incidents sound scary and upsetting FRU. I'd love it if you could share the safety info.
EvilPixie Jul 2021 6:34pm, 26 Jul 2021 26,767 posts	0 EvilPixie Where is the best place to look for open water swim events?
fraggle Jul 2021 6:42pm, 26 Jul 2021 3,020 posts	0 fraggle votwo.co.uk how about one of these ?
fraggle Jul 2021 6:44pm, 26 Jul 2021 3,021 posts	0 fraggle swimrutland.com or this one os quite close to you?