Last weekend saw the first of our Introduction to Open Water Swimming courses for this 2013 season.
On the previous Monday the water was a balmy 13 oC, it was a sunny week and everything was looking like roses.
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An Introduction to Open Water Swimming in the Lake District
Utterly Buttermere Swim Press Launch in a Wild Windermere
Head to the Hills officially launched their Utterly Buttermere Swim this week by taking the local press swimming in Windermere.
I’ve spent the last few weeks with my eye on the thermometer after our regular weekly, winter swims, painfully aware that we promised to show the cream of our North West journos a good time in Windermere at the launch of the Utterly Buttermere Swim.
It wasn’t getting any warmer, and although they would be kitted out with the latest wetsuits from BlueSeventy, it would still be a shock to the system for anyone new to the joys of open water swimming. I was beginning to wonder… would they even turn up? (more…)
Ditch those Hitchers on your Cumbrian Water Adventures
We are spoilt in Cumbria by the abundance of beautifully clean & clear lakes, rivers and tarns to play in; whether its skinny dipping, wild swimming, paddling or sailing the Lake District has it all.
What the Lakes don’t need is the hitch hikers that may come with you on your adventure, as Jen Aldous from the South Cumbria Rivers Trust explains: (more…)
150 swimmers can’t be wrong
5 Reasons to do the Head to the Hills Utterly Buttermere Swim
The Wasdale Tri 2012 Rollover
It’s been a lottery for Lake district events this year, the weather has literally dictated the whether, that is the whether it will or whether it wont, go ahead.
It’s a tough call to make when you are the event organiser, our own 10k open water swim event the Utterly Buttermere went ahead in September but it was far from ideal conditions for everyone. (more…)
Wild swimming in the Lake District with the Radio
Robson Green, Wetsuits, Windermere and Wild Swimming.
It was the end of a long day fitting people in rubber on the edge of Windermere…. well neoprene really and super flexible neoprene at that!.
We ran a series of wetsuit tri-on events throughout the spring providing a great opportunity for open water swimmers to come along and get the right fitting wetsuit and test it in the water. These are full on days and it was at the end our last tri-on event of the season on Saturday, just as we had loaded everything into the van, that we turned around to see Robson Green hurrying across the grass….
First into the water for Open Water Swimming…
Our first outdoor swimming course of the season started off with a splash this Saturday. Our guests for the day braved chilly conditions that have kept even hardened swimmers away from their open water training over the last few weeks.