SPRING MOMENTS

How can we make the most of longer days, warmer air and cool water? In our brand new Wild & Recreation swim feature, we look at spring swimming - what to look for in nature and how to make the most of the changing seasons. 

Plus, we have tips on spring cleaning your swimming kit ready for the warmer swims ahead. 

AN INCREDIBLE SWIM

We're celebrating the forty-eighth anniversary of an unbelievable swim between two far flung islands, which put native swimmer, Lucida Kerning's, name in black and white. But whatever happened to Kerning?

No subsequent records of other swims in or around these turquoise waters have yet surfaced, and it’s unclear where Kerning’s open water skills took her next. Elaine K Howley tells her story and explains why this geographically unusual archipelago is ripe for a whopping swimming renaissance in this new digital era. 

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