Tag Archives: outdoor swimming
Swimming in the snow at London Fields lido
Snow can rekindle a childlike enthusiasm in even the most Scrooge-like of city dwellers – and when, during recent heavy snowfall, Hackney became Antarctica for the day, swimmers at London Fields lido couldn’t believe their luck. Lidos tend to be happy places anyway, but whoops filled the air as people rejoiced at being in this […]
David Cameron: outdoor swimmer
When David Cameron entered Downing Street he may have felt he was thrown in the deep end. If the stress gets too much, perhaps he should go for an outdoor swim – evidence suggests that it’s a habit that the new Prime Minister is not unacquainted with. Cameron, who is the patron of Chipping Norton […]
Rick Stein on outdoor swimming
After the Padstow to Rock swim, June 2010 I put some questions to Rick Stein about his love of outdoor swimming: For how many years have you been participating in the Padstow to Rock swim? Two. Do you swim in the sea, lakes or rivers anywhere else? Yes, I’m a member of the Serpentine Swimming […]
