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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Outdoor Swimmer August 2018.
Editor’s letter
WELCOME
At the Outdoor Swimmer Show last month one of our special guests was Paralympian Susie Rodgers, who as well as chatting to us on the stage about her pool swimming career also...
LEWIS PUGH TO SWIM THE LENGTH OF THE CHANNEL
OPEN WATER NEWS ROUND-UP
Lewis Pugh, the UN Patron of the Oceans and endurance swimmer’s latest challenge is to swim the length of the English Channel. He set off on his Long Swim on 12 July a...
FROG GRAHAM ROUND
What is the appeal of the Frog Graham? How long had you been planning it?
I’ve been aware of the Frog Graham for three years. I loved that it combined two of my favourite things –...
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Vintage chic My mum-in-law, Mave, was commissioned to knit me this marvell...
#SWIMWILDANDFREE
Swimming in Blackmoss Pot, Langstrath Beck. This is part of an adventure of 14 tarns in 39kms. James Kirby
Eynsham Lock, Oxfordshire. So many people enjoying the sunshine, swing rop...
VIEW FROM THE WATER
By Simon Griffiths
Theo Thomas testing the water of the Thames
In October 2012 I took part in the Hampton Court to Kingston Bridge swim that resulted in more than 300 out o...