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 […]
MoreEach year South London Swimming Club takes on the Serpentine in a battle of the cold water swimmers. The 2017 edition is coming up on 19 November so we thought was time to reflect on our experience at the 2016 Gala. For a couple of years Mandy, SLSC swimming co-captain, has asked us if we […]
MoreThis summer we got our hands on some of the new Michael Phelps “MP” kit to try. http://michaelphelps.com/uk/ Paddles (Katie): We tend to swim outside for most of the summer making the most of lido, lake and sea swimming but once we were back swimming in indoor pools we were able to test out the paddles. […]
MoreWe love a Pool Crawl so we have done a few and therefore, have self appointed ourselves as Pool crawl Presidents! So here is our Top 10 tips for Pool Crawling. Thanks to our Pool crawling partners in crime Brian and Pivo for helping us with the below. Have a small purse/freezer bag with 20ps and […]
MoreTeam Mermaids’ Pool crawls started in 2014 off the back of wanting to tick off a block of pools for the Winter Pool Challenge. Somewhere along the journey we decided we actually enjoyed binge pooling and started doing it as a “thing”. See other pool crawls here. Last year we didn’t get around to doing […]
MoreI 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 […]
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