Best secret beaches & coves in Spain for wild swimming
By wildswim at February 25, 2021 | 11:07 am | 0 Comment
Lola Culsán and John Weller spent a year campervanning, walking, swimming and exploring Spain’s secret coast to bring you their new guide book Hidden Beaches Spain. They are very keen wild swimmers, and authors of Wild Swimming Spain, and this is their selection of some favourite locations for coastal wild swimming (this is their selection for coastal walkers). PRAIA
Wild swimming kit, gifts, equipment and accessories
By wildswim at September 20, 2020 | 8:22 am | 0 Comment
Well, if you come across a magical pool on a walk it’s quite possible to swim without any kit, and that's part of the beauty of wild swimming. Just wear your undies or go naked if it is secluded. If you have no towel wipe most of the water off with your hands then sacrifice one item of clothing to dry yourself or travel with a small, light cotton sarong (which can also
Best Wild Swims in Wales
By wildswim at July 11, 2018 | 5:41 pm | 0 Comment
Daniel Start, author of the new Wild Guide to Wales, shares his all-time favourite wild swims of Wales.. p.s. are you looking for somewhere by the Welsh coast to stay? Wild Swimming now has two beautiful places to rent out on the north Pembrokeshire coast near Newport with views over the Preseli mountains. Perfect for beaches, coves and swimming in the Witches
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The ten most spectacular swimming hole locations in Sydney, Australia
By Hannah Hargrave at October 1, 2015 | 12:23 pm | 0 Comment
This month we're publishing Wild Swimming Sydney Australia. Here the authors, Sally Tertini and Steve Pollard, reveal the most beautiful and stunning outdoor swimming spots in and around Sydney: Erskine Creek at Jack Evans Track, Great Blue Mountains South (above) This is such an enticing place to escape the city and spend a weekend – a 200m
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The Best Bike Rides in Wales and the Borders for Wild Swimming
By Hannah Hargrave at September 16, 2015 | 5:08 pm | 0 Comment
Jack Thurston, the author of our new book, Lost Lanes Wales: 36 Glorious Bike Rides in Wales and the Borders, shares his favourite Welsh cycle routes for a quick dip while cycling, taken from the book. Wales, with its long coastline, dozens of rivers and countless mountain streams, has more than its fair share of wild swimming spots. Make sure you’re not
Wild Swimming Near Waterfalls – The Best Locations
By Hannah Hargrave at August 25, 2015 | 1:02 pm | 0 Comment
Have you completed your #wildsummer challenges yet? Here, Daniel Start reveals the best wild swimming with waterfalls: St Nectan's Kieve, Tintagel At the head of a wild glen a tall, slender waterfall falls into a high basin, flows through a circular hole and drops into a plunge pool (the kieve). This is a holy place with prayer flags, a shrine room above and
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Wild Swimming Under Sea Arches and into Sea Caves: The Best Places to Complete Our #WildSummer Challenges
By Hannah Hargrave at August 18, 2015 | 12:33 pm | 0 Comment
Have you completed our #wildsummer challenges yet? Here, Daniel Start reveals the best places to wild swim into sea caves and under sea arches: Baggy Point Caves, North Devon A long tunnel, empty at low tide or you can swim through at high tide. Take care if there is swell. Park in the NT car park (EX33 1PA) at the end of Moor Lane, signed Baggy Point
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The Thrill of the Chill
By wildswim at January 28, 2015 | 5:28 pm | 0 Comment
If you think winter swimming is only for the very brave (or the very foolish), Jonathan Buckley tells us why we shouldn’t let some nippy weather get in the way of stripping and dipping… Last Saturday Tooting Bec Lido hosted the 6th UK Cold Water Swimming Championships. Hardy swimmers embraced this cold water swimming festival – all in water less than
Author of Wild Swimming Italy tells us about his passion
By wildswim at May 2, 2014 | 12:02 pm | 0 Comment
We interviewed Michele Tameni to ask him about his passion for swimming and how he came to write the new Wild Swimming Italy guidebook about Italy's secret rivers and lakes. How did you get into wild swimming? I grew up in a valley between the mountains of the Alps and every spring to late autumn my favorite pastime was wandering along the paths in the woods, and
Is Wild Swimming Safe?
By wildswim at July 18, 2013 | 7:28 am | 3 Comments
Wild swimming - taking a dip in rivers, lakes, waterfalls and streams - is fantastic fun, has great health benefits and thousands of people have been giving it a go during July 2013 - the first serious heatwave since 2006. But as cooling off during the heatwave has led to series of avoidable drownings, people are rightly asking: is wild swimming safe? Having just
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