Swim trips

Lake District 2019 – Coniston

Swim Races by teammermaidsSeptember 7, 2019September 20, 2019

Lake Annecy 2019

Swim Races by teammermaidsAugust 25, 2019

Bantham Swoosh 2018

Swim Races by teammermaidsJuly 15, 2018July 28, 2019

Lago d’Orta – Oceanman (kind of)

Swim Races by teammermaidsJuly 4, 2018July 30, 2019

Bucket List Swims

Swim Races by teammermaidsMay 5, 2018September 20, 2019

Lake District 2017

Adventures by teammermaidsSeptember 13, 2017July 30, 2019

Swim Races by teammermaidsAugust 18, 2017August 19, 2017

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 […]

Swim trips by teammermaidsAugust 5, 2017August 17, 2017

Swimming 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 […]

Swim trips by teammermaidsSeptember 9, 2015September 9, 2015

Elba swim

I (Manda) decided, for some silly reason, that Italy was a better choice than the Dart 10k this year. I was genuinely sorry to miss out but I did get to do lots of awesome swimming instead, including a week of beautiful swimming in Elba. Elba is an italian island off the coast of Tuscany with […]

Swim Races by teammermaidsAugust 8, 2015August 11, 2015

Brownsea Island Swim 2015

Last Sunday (2nd August) saw an early start for Team Mermaids. Along with friends Kate and Brian we headed down to Sandbanks near Poole to swim around Brownsea Island. We had toyed with going down and staying the night before but we decided to drive down from London on the morning of the swim, meaning […]