While we are in the Lake District for races we like to make the most of our stay by taking dips in the local lakes, waters and tarns (we are never sure which one is which).  Here are the places we visited on our most recent trip. Grasmere On Friday afternoon we were no sooner... Continue Reading →

During our stay in Talloires on the shores of Lake Annecy, we did a couple of DIY lake swims.  Nothing too strenuous as they were either side of our 5k race (see here). We ended up staying in Talloires rather than Annecy itself mostly because me and Brian visited it last year when we were... Continue Reading →

2018 saw the 5th edition of the Henley Swim Events Club to Pub swim take place.  This event has gone from strength to strength and is now a firm regular on many local swimming clubs' calendar. You start at Henley rowing club and swim a short distance upstream against the current and then turn and... Continue Reading →

Last weekend we headed down to Devon for the Bantham Swoosh - our first proper race of the season.  Cue a furious exchange of text messages about what we needed to pack to make sure we had everything for race day.  For those of you like us who can never remember what it is you... Continue Reading →

Thursday we were #mermaidsontour and headed the hefty distance of 3 miles (and a whole 1.4 miles from Katie’s house) down the road from Tooting Bec Lido to Brockwell Lido. Despite its closeness we rarely head down there so it was fun to visit. It is a beautiful lido but it is that little bit... Continue Reading →

Yesterday our secret mermaid project was published and we can tell you all about it! Back in March we were contacted by Emma, the Beauty Editor at M&S to ask us if we wanted to be involved in a beauty photo shoot for the M&S ‘Inspire Me’ section of their website.  Emma said they loved... Continue Reading →

On Sunday (20 May) David, Brian and I (Katie) hit up the Capital Tri’s first Fix Splash of the 2018 season. The event is held at West Reservoir Centre near Crouch End. It has 750m, 1,500m and 3km races and is held three times year with the second run in July and the final event... Continue Reading →

The summer is fast approaching and we have started entering and planning our races for 2018. The year is about one big event every month and then probably some smaller/local races when we can. June – Lago D’orta:  I (Manda) am going to be tackling this without Katie. The 14km end to end swim of... Continue Reading →

Ho Ho Ho It’s that time of year and this year we thought on top of our Christmas Wish List we would also share with you some of the festive caps and costumes we have come across.  Whether you fancy investing in a costume for the festive period or just decorating your head with an... Continue Reading →