WELCOME Editor’s letter

Mermaids! Romance! Time travel! Tescos! The April issue

TEAM TALK

All the latest news from Outdoor Swimmer Towers!

OUTDOOR SWIMMER / SELKIE READER PHOTO CONTEST

Submit your best swimming photos for a chance to see

OPEN WATER NEWS ROUND-UP

”JUMPING IN WILD WATER IS LIKE INJECTING UNICORN BLOOD INTO MY VEINS”

Write in…

’Loch Maree’, a poem inspired by a dip in Loch Maree, Scotland

VIEW FROM THE WATER

Simon Griffiths suggests a code of conduct for swimmers’ communications about swimming

SWIMWILDANDFREE

Send your swim snaps to editor@outdoorswimmer.com

SNAKELOCKS ANEMONE

Sedentary stingers with tasty tentacles.

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THIS MONTH WE SWAM WITH…

Taunton Open Water Swimmers (TOWS)…

”PLASTIC FREE IS THE BEST WAY”

Our new series focuses on eco heroes who are striving to save the planet and educate people in how to do beter in their day-to-day lives. Our irst Eco Hero is environmental activist and artist Kitie Kipper. Ella Foote met her at Tide Mills Beach

The Siren’s Call

Not every mermaid is a damp Disney princess. By Elaine K Howley

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Let’s celebrate the heroines of our outdoor swimming nation, says Pete Kelly

Swimming for freedom

Simon Holliday meets ‘freedom swimmer’ Mrs Chu

LEARNING IS DONE BY THE SWIMMER NOT TO THE SWIMMER

Our guest coach Keri-anne Payne explains her coaching philosophy

Wild About You

Are you a solo swimmer looking for someone to explore the waterways of life with? Our new Wild About You dating feature will help you connect with like-minded watery souls – and Lydia Davis, matchmaker and dating coach, ofers her advice to help you meet the swimmer of your dreams

KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE THE WATER

Swimming outdoors with a disability can be challenging, but that hasn’t stopped Rosa Fawkes from taking the plunge

The Tunnels of time

Mike Morris finds himself marooned in Victorian Ilfracombe

COACH CASSIE

Our resident Olympian answers your swimming questions

BUILDING DISTANCE

Outdoor Swimmer founder Simon Griffiths shares a couple of his longer distance pool sessions

TRAINING

Face your first open water mile with confidence with coach Dan Bullock

”I’M SCARED OF A WASHING MACHINE START AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ON TOP OF ME”

Helen Davis looks at how to effectively deal with the demands of an open water mass start

TICK, TOCK…

In part three of our series on technique correction we look at stroke timing

TRAINING DAY MENU

This daily menu will see you through a training day, providing you with everything needed to keep you on top of your game, although as everyone knows… swimming is no game!

ALL ABOARD!

Katia Vastiau explored the Maldives by yacht on a dream swimming trip with SwimQuest

FATBOYS SLIMS DO ROTTO

The Rotnest Channel Swim is an iconic 19.7km swim in Western Australia. Nancy Shaw competed in an all-female relay

PORTLAND BRIDGE SWIM

Twelve bridges, 11 miles. Cindy Werhane swims a once unswimmable river

LET’S SWIM!

UK AND INTERNATIONAL EVENT LISTINGS

THE GREAT SWIM SERIES

JOIN US FOR AN OPEN WATER SWIMMING EXPERIENCE YOU’LL NEVER FORGET Great North Swim: Lake District: 7-9 June 2019 Great East Swim: Sufolk: 22 June 2019

Cotswolds Swim

18 August, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

EXCLUSIVE URBAN EXPERIENCES!

Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg… Experience a swim across the biggest French cities! And what beter way to check out the most beautiful cities in France than with an exciting swim race?

TRIED & TESTED

ALL THE LATEST GEAR, KIT AND NUTRITION PRODUCTS