Marilyn Monroe famously liked to bathe in a champagne bubble bath. Today we set out at 6.30am in clear, warm, frothy water that Marilyn would have loved. By 7.30 coming back in, the heavens had opened, Guy’s temperature tower was frothing like an exploding volcano, and the rip was more of a dirty martini....

Have you heard of the Abersoch Dunkers? No, it’s not a German International basketball team or an Irish Hip Hop band, it’s a group of 25 regular swimmers who, like us, swim all year round in a popular, tiny, seaside resort of Abersoch, Wales!  Today, while we enjoy 22.7 degree water with the sun shining,...

John has been swimming with us since 2010 and today clocked up his 6000’th km. Well done John! A stunner of a morning today with calm water, great temperature in and out of the water and good visibility!   The Drinks Express head in. The water temp is 22.4 and waves are gentle. Viz is...

Hey swimmers   Happy Monday! Feeling a little dusty after my Dad’s birthday lunch with the family yesterday 😂 We went to the Pavilion – definitely try it if you haven’t been. It’s lovely there! The water was nice and warm at 22.4! Felt almost like a warm bath 😊 there was a bit of...

  It is a great time of year to be swimming. Newbies startng, visitors joining in, usuals swimming for those excellent swimming badges (30 swims or 50 swims or 6 km or 10 km or triple!!!). A bit of a wave and some fabulous swimmers Shelly, Adam and Kieran – first swim today. What a...

Siyabona ( I see you) This week has felt a bit like Otis Redding’s lovely song, warm mornings apre swim I could just hear these lyrics… Sittin’ in the mornin’ sunI’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ comesWatching the ships roll inThen I watch ’em roll away again, yeah I’m sittin’ on the dock of the...

27 days  before the Cole Classic I did sprints to the Trident @5:30 with Trish, Brett & Patrick   Some family swims today Phil Ruby Ed   Dave & George    American visitors Elliot Ethan Ellie Bella Brooke from Eckerd College St Petersburg Florida Hairy 6:26am Who’s dolphin is that?   Matt & Caroline  ...

The morning wakes up to a southerly wind, a light rain, a swell with some easterly in it. And all of a sudden it’s flat… and viz is rapidly improving.   Drinksy always says it takes 4 days of a southerly blow to return the bay to normal. We are well on the way.  ...

Four days into 2023 and what a change from the last few days – the sun (aka the greek god apollo) seems to have decided to take a holiday and Posiedon has sent Aegaeus, the god of stormy seas seems to visit, waiting for Triton to sound his conch shell to calm the seas so...

@6 I swam to Nth Steyne & caught a great wave with Jane Danny Charlie.   First day above 21 degrees I enjoyed chatting with Ian & Annie.   Drinky Lainey & Ted Nic & Claire   Anne & Alana swam a double   Richard  Guy & Ian   Trooper & Dancer   Geoff swam@6...