If you read yesterday’s blog and came down today in the hope of experiencing the same stunning conditions, you would have been mildly disappointed. The Easterly wind was strong, the waves ‘face slapping’ (in the words of Amanda Grant), visibility ‘so-so’, swimmer numbers down and lots of water movement. (Thanks to Lainey who took this...

    Such a great swim this morning. I hope some of you weren’t put off by the early rain. It was clear, warm, calmish and glorious! Giant Cuttlefish are around and this one was showing off in front of the shed today. It’s mating season and the males are on the prowl for females....

    Trooper said, “ The clock is wrong”   Good morning Kara.   Lots of sand. Short blog today. Take care, enjoy   Simon          

When astronauts come back to earth they land in the sea which is a pretty good spot. We are getting back to the sea after many months of poor quality conditions. Where does all the dirt and rubbish go? It is still in the sea somewhere unfortunately but not near the beach. Lucky for us....

Greetings from Old Blighty While temperatures  are dropping but still at at a balmy 20 C in CTB, here the river temperatures are rising to what the hardy wild swimmers here call ‘lovely’ and this is 14C. This weekend my trusty wild swimming buddy Leigh and I swam/ swooshed  the same stretch of the Thames...

So nice to have what we consider the old May norm, crisp morning,  sunny skies and warm, calm seas. The report from the 6.30ers, Trooper, Squirrel and Caplesss was clear, flat and no jellies. I forgot to ask where the dripping blood injury came from so we’ll have to use our imagination on that.  ...

Summary: What a day to be alive! It’s a long (normal 5 days) week for many, but statistically* a person is set to have a better week when it starts with a B&B swim; Temp: Water is a tropical 21.1 degrees (thanks Guy for the unwavering commitment to sharing the temp), with a sneaky refreshing...

Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn last aligned in 947AD in our southeastern skies. Today’s early clouds stole away our view of this one in 1000 year event. But the clash of the titans was well and truly on as the FFF roared and ranted it’s way into our morning. My favourite was the life guard...

Wednesday – Jelly Wrestling today after yesterdays underwater volleyball….   Water temperature: 21.8 Air temperature: 18.2 Conditions: smooth … like smooth jelly … oh I mean it was full of jelly Vibe: “swim to the first jellyfish & turn back”   A few fun facts about Jellyfish (thanks National Geographic!) They have been around for...

Here are Tasha and Sarah practising their volleyball skills for the ‘Underwater Volleyball Championship’ coming up next week! No prizes for guessing they are just trying to avoid swimming in to the orange Jelly Blubbers who have taken over our bay recently! Ian gave good advice to swim close to the rocks. Most of them...