Where is your favourite outdoor swimming spot?

Published: Wed, 10/04/17

 
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Where is your favourite swimming spot? Ask any outdoor swimmer and you will get a myriad of reasons why a place has that special appeal. Often it is more about landscape and connections than it is about the swim: one of my favourite spots is Old Gang Beck by Surrender Bridge in Swaledale, North Yorkshire. It is a stream, and swimming is more of a scramble over rocks than swimming. But the moors are bleak and beautiful, and as the cold water numbs me there is a deep connection with the landscape – my ancestors worked in the dales below, I spent many childhood weekends walking over these moors. Where is your favourite wild swimming spot? We would like to publish your locations in the magazine. Email and tell us where and why they are so special to you.  

The October issue of Outdoor Swimmer hits the shops tomorrow! It is a cracker of an issue, featuring:

  • Extend Your Season - swim outside all year round
  • Beginners' Guide to Swimming Training Aids
  • Pool Training Special
  • Interview with record-breaker Sarah Thomas after her 104-mile swim
  • Wild swimming in Dorset and Orkney
  • Swimterview with The Outrun author Amy Liptrot
You can also order your copy of the October issue directly from us here.

Enjoy the newsletter and happy swimming.

Jonathan Cowie
Editor, Outdoor Swimmer
 
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