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Traversee du lac d’Annecy 2017
I blame Josie Arden for the fact that Brian and I ended up in France at a 5k race without being able to understand a word of the briefing! She originally mentioned this race to me and it ticked all the boxes. Decent distance – Yes! Lake swimming – Yes! Sunshine – Yes! Crepes and […]
MoreHenley Club to Pub 2017
Henley club to pub is the annual swim that takes you upstream from Henley rowing club before turning downstream past Marsh lock back to the Angel on the Bridge pub in Henley. We previously did this event in 2014 but haven’t made it back since. In 2017 I returned to the race without Katie but I did […]
MoreSwimming in Guernsey
I (Manda) come from Guernsey and when I go back I want to go sea swimming but the lack of company always stops me, so this time I decided to try and engage local groups to see if they would let me tag along and I wasn’t disappointed. Katie and Brian then joined me for […]
MoreSLSC Mile race 2017
The Mermaid cup, the SLSC’s women’s open mile cup, has been something of note in the Mermaid camp for a while, but alas we have never been able to win it because of Nancy Shaw. Nancy is this formidable SLSC swimmer, who reigned victorious over most of the women’s open cups for several years, including […]
MoreHenley Classic 2017 – Light vs. Dark Blue
The summer solstice means only one thing – it’s time for the Henley Classic again! This year I was competing in the Oxford vs. Cambridge alumni race again. The main wave starts at 4.30am. Now it is very lovely to swim when the sun is rising but 4.30am is very early so I made sure […]
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Ear Plugs
I (Manda) have recently noticed that my right ear always seems to have water stuck in it post swim and occasionally I also suffer from an inkling of pain in there post swim. There have also coincidentally been a few bits on social media re surfers ear so taking that and the pain into consideration […]
MoreMidsummer Relay 2017
Every year SLSC put on public events over the summer at Tooting Bec Lido. We have previously taken part in their aquathlon series but this year as I (Manda) am not fully back running yet, I thought it would be nice to take part in the Mid-Summer Relay. The event takes place at 8pm on […]
MoreCotswold Water Park
Over the late May Bank Holiday weekend we (Katie, Dennis and Max) went away for the night to the Cotswold Water Park. I took advantage of the trip to have my first lake swim of the year at Waterland Outdoor Pursuits which is situated at Lake 32 of the park. http://www.ukwatersports.co.uk On arrival we paid […]
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