For the fourth interview in our 'SwimTrekkers' series, we spoke to award-winning documentary filmmaker, Ian Darling, who just directed ‘The Pool’ about the iconic Icebergs pool in Sydney, Australia… Bondi Icebergs is known as the 'most photographed pool in the world' - any of you...

For the third interview in our 'SwimTrekkers' series, we spoke to the unstoppable ultra-marathon swimmer, Sarah Thomas... This was our third interview in this series and we were thrilled to chat with an inspiring swimmer who has completed some of the world's longest swims, Sarah...

Debut author. Double British Champion. First Black woman ever to swim for Great Britain. Who better to speak to than Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell for the second interview in our 'SwimTrekkers' series? There will always be boundaries in swimming - that much is clear to us from an early age. When...

This week, we’ve launched our first trial episode of a new series we’re calling: ‘SwimTrekkers'. In the coming months, so long as this kind of content speaks to you, we’ll be reaching out to more of the fascinating individuals who’ve joined us on trips around the world, since we started out...

Paul Newsome is a veritable swim-Yoda with many years' experience in video analysis and stroke correction. In fact, very few coaches have a more impressive record of breaking bad aquatic habits to improve swimmer's speed and efficiency. An international marathon swimmer himself, Paul...

Before we shrivel into swim-deprived Lockdown prunes, we thought we'd get the swim wheels turning again. In this interview, we chat to long-time guide and all-round Man of the Ocean, Ricky, at his home in Brighton... Ricky has spent 10 years as a guide at SwimTrek. He's seen almost every...

In November 2020 we chatted with Swedish Oceans Seven swimmer and veteran SwimTrek Guide, Anna-Carin Nordin... Anna has been swimming her entire life. She started out in a pool-based club at just 6 years old and has rarely strayed far from the water ever since. Her longest stints without swimming...

Our SwimTrek guests have accomplished some incredible feats and our featured SwimTrekker this week is no exception. Dr Nick Murch is a highly experienced open water swimmer that balances his passion for swimming alongside a full time role as a consultant in acute medicine at the Royal Free...

Meet SwimTrekker Andy, an avid open water fan from Dallas, Texas. Swimming has been a large part of Andy's life and having competed in the pool and open water from a young age, this passion has led him to meeting other swimmers from all over the world. Andy first joined us in the Cyclades in...

Welcome readers to our new blog feature 'Meet the SwimTrekker', a place to showcase the fans who make SwimTrek what is. From long-time lovers of the open water to the recently hooked, we're getting to know some of our most passionate fans and what brought them to the open water....