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GLASGOW OPEN WATER SWIMMING COACH
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The year 2016 in review. I used to do an annual review talking about the 20 or so open water swim events I had competed in. But 2016 was different, because even though I swam in nine events, the highlights were definitely what is called wild swimming in the UK. This involves just getting in the water and swimming: and we are blessed with so many choices here in Scotland. But first… Read More
My 100th blog post. When I started this blog it was to record my various ocean swims races or open water swims as they call them in the UK. I just looked at my very first blog, and it talked about places to swim around the world that I might get to. Well I have swum at all of them and more. I started doing open water swim events in my former… Read More
June 2014 and it was time to head back to the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia for another stint as an open water swim guide. It felt quite strange to be back again after only nine months away as it was all so familiar and I could not quite believe I was back again for another stint. This time I was there for the start of the season, so we had a… Read More
I have been very remiss in not doing a blog of my trip to Croatia in July 2013. Regular readers of this blog will recall that I wrote about my time in the UK prior to starting as a tour guide. After I left England I was lucky enough to be posted to the lovely island of Prvic in the Sibenik archipelago nestled in the Adriatic Sea in the Dalmatian region… Read More
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