There was a goal to be scored this morning, in a competition for which our world stopped. See, there’s a group of swimmers who play on a global field, where the meaning of competition dives deep. The modern definition of the word ‘competition’ is: “To strive against another, or others, to attain a goal, an...

“Don’t look into the light, don’t look into the light …….. …..but it’s so beautiful” Thankfully it was only the dust cart, welcoming me to our favourite spot. There was me thinking that Jk had gone up in a puff of smoke. But I found him tucking into an apple. What’s that JK? You had...

I’m doing a guest lightning blog today just to show that anybody can do it. I was talking to a fellow B&B swimmer recently who is also a WWW swimmer, looking for inspiration for my guest blog today. She said tell them it’s almost like a religion, feeling part of something bigger, being accepted no...

This week I’m feeling very grateful.  You see I have this friend, who is a trainer, and each week he gives me task to complete.  This week’s task is to start each day acknowledging the 10 things for which I’m grateful.  So here is today’s list. I am grateful for:- 1. The magical sunrises that...

To continue on from last week and ‘swimming in winter’…. An important step after the swim is wrap up warm….so tshirts and thongs are out and ugg boots and thick warm clothing is in!  It will help a lot especially if you are hanging about after…Also nothing beats the sun as the best heater ever!...

So here we are in the seventh week of winter and 44 people have already qualified, and a further 777 are on target for their Cold & Bold Winter badge.   The very lovely Lesley and JK  do it sans wetsuit so they are totally WWW!   Still plenty of time to qualify!  Then make...

7 July 2014 – Our first B&B Badge   Hi everyone I’m Lexie aged 8 (9 in September). So everyone thinks that an early morning start is totally harsh because they need more sleep.   I think it’s an early morning start but definitely worth it because the morning is best part of the day...

So I got up at 6am to watch Netherlands v Costa Rica.. To my disappointment, nothing much happened during the first 30 minutes and I decided that photographing middle aged men in pink speedos submerging themselves in 17 degree water would be less painful than any more of this match.   Outside, I was greeted...

What a stunning start to the weekend!     That must be why 170 mostly wet-suited B&B swimmers rocked up for today’s swim.  This is nudging the numbers seen in the slightly warmer months.  But really, the water temperature this week has gone from a low of 16.5 degrees early in the week, to a...