I started a 30-day alcohol-free challenge at the end of November 2019. On this challenge, emails were sent daily with advice and homework to do. Here are the notes from Day 1, it gives a good idea of what …
Orange, in Central West NSW, has some excellent swimming options. So if you find yourself here visiting the wineries, fruit picking or hiking and biking, it’s easy to add a swim or two into your timetable. Orange Aquatic Centre Corner …
Swimming is not just good exercise, it’s great exercise! Check out this article to read why it works so well and if you’re inspired by the end, there are plenty ideas on fantastic outdoor swimming spots too. I went swimming …
Here follows a list of books about swimming. If you are looking for inspiration, you’ll find plenty here. These are mainly memoirs of swimming to survive trauma, but there’s also more bucolic descriptive books plus a warm and entertaining novel. …
My sandals for swimming! A swimming friend recommended these plastic Birkenstocks and I found some shortly later. They’re now a fave element of my swimming clobber. The Arizona is the classic Birkenstock style. These are made of ethyl vinyl acetate …
Swimming in the sea, in rivers and in lakes, is one of life’s great thrills. Luckily, there are plenty of places to do it. From the chilly waters of Orkney and Alaska to the warm Pacific. Call it ocean swimming, …
Iceland is not for the faint-hearted. But it is a fantastic destination for lovers of the great outdoors who can handle a bit of fire and ice. At the top of this post is a night shot of the Blue …
How is menopause like autism, you’re wondering? Well, when you look back, the signs were there from way before you first twigged and gave them a name. For me, the first change of menopause was the muscles in my jaw …
North Bondi Classic Ocean Swim: Beaut Day For It 9.2.2014 Not in a million, billion, quadrillion years would I ever swim this course on my own. Are you mad? But put me in the ocean with a few hundred or …
So the health and fitness goal that has seen me through summer has been ocean swimming. I’ve been training with Can Too with my goal swim being The Big Swim, from Palm Beach to Whale Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. And …