NEWS IN BRIEF

Editor’s letter

Many of us have had to change our approach to swimming

READER PHOTO CONTEST

WHETHER WILD SWIMMING, DIPPING IN AN URBAN LIDO, OR EXPLORING WARM FOREIGN SEAS… IF YOU’VE CAPTURED A GREAT SWIMMING IMAGE, ENTER IT INTO OUR MONTHLY READER PHOTO CONTEST.

OUTDOOR SWIMMER MAGAZINE LAUNCH FIRST EVER TRENDS IN OUTDOOR SWIMMING REPORT

Last month we launched our first annual Trends in Outdoor

RESTORATION WORK AT BRITAIN’S OLDEST LIDO TO START IN SPRING

After a successful local fundraising campaign, restoration

Things to do in March

Season 2 of Katherine May’s podcast, The Wintering

ART OF SWIMMING

A friend at the end of my road has a pottery painting

DROITWICH, WORCESTERSHIRE

Natural brine pools were once more common than they

A POSITIVE STORY FROM THE PANDEMIC

A year since Jamima Latimer and Sonya Moorhead launched Swim Feral, the ethical swim business behind the Turtleback bag, Jamima reveals how the past year has been and how they have managed to flourish despite the pandemic

Write in… Have your say

STAR LETTER If you can’t swim then do the next best thing…

# SWIMWILDANDFREE

Share your photos on Instagram with the hashtag #swimwildandfree

Sarah Thomas

MY MOLOKAI CHANNEL CROSSING ADVENTURE BEGINS - PART 1

View from the water

SIMON GRIFFITHS LOOKS AT WHY PEOPLE SWIM OUTDOORS

Murie’s World

SIMON MURIE ON HOW SWIMTREK HAS HAD TO ADAPT TO CHALLENGING TIMES FOR THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY

BEADLET ANEMONE

Personality and immortality.

Patron Page

Thank you to the following individuals who have joined the Outdoor Swimmer Family as Patrons and Super Patrons

WINTER WATER

The last month of winter brings longer days, signs of spring and a foraged breakfast for Pete Kelly

New Horizons

The pandemic has seen thousands of people take to the open water for the first time. We meet lockdown’s army of new swimmers

Swimming with MND

The sudden onset of motor neurone disease stopped Alex Francis in his tracks. But cold water swimming has had a positive impact on his physical and mental wellbeing.

The native origins of freestyle

How white people named a style of swimming indigenous people had mastered millennia before.

Go West!

Wild Swimming Walks Cornwall is out next month. Ella Foote chats with authors Matt Newbury and Sophie Pierce about how their love of swimming led to a series of books

Oh tits! Swimming and breast cancer

Thankfully surviving breast cancer or being able to manage the illness is increasingly common - some survivors even go on to swim the English Channel multiple times! But when can you return to the water after treatment? What about swimsuits and prosthetics? Ella Foote speaks to three swimmers about their personal experiences

COACH CASSIE

Olympic medallist Cassie Patten answers your swimming questions

BRAIN DRAIN

Learn how to help manage anxiety

ON THE DRY SIDE

Outdoor swim coach Rowan Clarke takes a look at the reasons for giving your swimsuit a day off

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

These strength & conditioning exercises

My swim story

In part two of this new series, double world champion and Olympic silver medallist Keri-anne Payne tells the story of her journey from the Beijing Olympics to becoming the first Team GB athlete to qualify for London 2012

NEW WAYS TO SWIM AT HOME AND ABROAD

Grounded? Running dry on travel ideas? There are ways to take revenge on Covid and revive the dream of summer 2021…

HOW TO…

A decent swim wetsuit is an investment of hundreds of pounds, so one that you want to look after in terms of its performance and longevity as well as cost. The following ‘How To’ guide by Angus Greenwood of Yonda will help you correctly fit, care for and maintain your wetsuit so you can optimise its swimming performance

Cornwall Calling

Wild Swimming Walks Cornwall is a new book by Matt Newbury and Sophie Pierce, here are some of their favourite swims to inspire a Cornish swimming break