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It’s a big part of my job to know a lot about the water; tides, safety, environmental issues, the health benefits of swimming and more. Have a read! I hope you’ll find them informative and motivational.
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How Does an English Channel Relay Swim Work?
How does an English Channel Relay Swim Work? England to France. The shortest distance between England and France is 21 Miles (32 km) in a straight line but the path the swimmers swim is more of a S shape and that is to do with the tides/currents pushing along the channel. Swims start from either Shakespeare Beach or Samphire Hoe in Dover and hope to finish on the beach at Cap Gris Nez in France.
Winter Swimming in the English Channel
Brrrrr it's COLD in There! Pass the TEA. Winter Swimming in the English Channel Here off the south coast of the UK in the English Channel the water never reaches temperatures above 20 degrees. Even at 20 degrees the water is chilly but as we say goodbye to summer and head into autumn and winter the water temperature in the channel will dip as low as 5 degrees. The most important part of cold water swimming is of
Into the Blue – Mental Health Benefits of Sea Swimming
Mental Health Benefits of Sea Swimming Let’s just start with the obvious, these times are tough. Some of us in the U.K have been in lockdown for what feels like an eternity, our children are home-schooling, and emotions are wild. We all live in hope that this will be a distant memory soon and life will go back to what we once knew as ‘normal’. So, let’s take a look at what we can do to help our
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
“What’s a worry once your in? Let the sea evaporate all the thoughts on which you cogitate. Let the slop chop of arm in, arm out silence that to-do list din”
“Let the world dissolve into the current and the cold, to your worries (for the moment) become reconciled, swim free, swim wild”