Skills I have learnt along the way
After reading my blog telling of my Open water journey, a friend I first met on a SwimTrek trip to Croatia wondered if I was going to write about my progress skill wise over the last four years. I have to confess, it hadn’t crossed my mind, but after several different guides, coaching methods...
My open water swimming journey
Starting a piece of writing is difficult- how do you grab a reader’s attention, make them want to read on, share your thoughts and ideas and feelings! I have thought long and hard about how and where to start this blog and finally figured the old cliché, at the beginning, was as good a place as...
Friendships and Swims on the Croatian Dalmatian Coast
I am not just passionate about Croatia – I am passionate about SWIMMING and wherever there is water, I want to be there. Croatia was just the “cherry on the top”! I discovered SwimTrek’s website and decided that my first trip overseas was going to be the Croatia Dalmatian Coast. What could be...
'Just one more' - My story of swimming with SwimTrek over the last 10 years
My first SwimTrek experience was 10 years ago. I went to Croatia and I was worried. I was worried about getting to this little known town called Prvić, worried about being amongst possible Olympian swimming champions and even worried about swimming in the deep sea. Yep, I was scared. Travelling...
SwimTrek Love!
With stunning waters, great food and like minded people, it's not unusual for friendships to form on a SwimTrek trip. For some something a little magical happens, and a romance blossoms. And so with Valentines day this weekend, we thought we would share some loving tales of SwimTrekkers who...
London Lido Crawl
From my tropical perch, I used to shake my head in disbelief when scanning through the pictures and posts UK swimmers contributed to the popular (among swimmers) Facebook group "Did You Swim Today?" How could people be smiling while swimming in "skins" in water that regularly...
I did it! I swam from England to France on a beautiful sunny October day in 2014.
I had decided to go for it after crewing in mid-September on a Channel swim for a swimming buddy who I'd met on the SwimTrek long-distance training camp in April. The water temperature at the time was 18C and it was still 17.something at the end of September which is positively balmy for the...
The Hellespont swim for open water virgins
The Hellespont swim was something I really wanted to try for a while. The classical story of Hero and Leander, Lord Byron and the warm water made it the ideal choice. I had done a few 5km pool swims a few years back and one leg of a triathlon (which I turned up for in board shorts) but that was...
And so it began.......... Langland Masters swim the Hellespont
Approximately 4yrs ago our coach of Langlands Masters started talking about The SwimTrek Darndanelles, a few doubts and question, could we can we, could we make the swim distance could we organise to get to Turkey?? So we did, waited till midnight in Feb 2015 and we all signed up to swim! 13 in...
Emma's Trip to the Turkish Lycian Way - Guest Post
Returning from her trip - SwimTrek Guest, Emma shares her highlights and insider view of swimming along the turquoise coast of the Lycian Way, Turkey; Our group was a hodge podge mix of couples, families and singles and by the end, with the magic of time and the natural love of swimming - we...
