27 July 2026 It's around this mid-year mark that Masters swimmers get to see how we fared around the world, with World Aquatics' annual publication of the global Top 10 performances by age group, by event and for both Short (SCM) and Long (SCM) course. It's always an interesting time: Who aged up - into or out of the age group? Who got focused and laid down some great swims? Who came back to the sport or came out of the woodwork? As another year went by, did we "slow down s

5 April 2026 Bella and I have locked into our top five features for our travel perfection: Fitness first – pools for me and great gyms for her Food next – we aim to eat our way around locations, going in for local over global, flavour over fullness (though sometimes we indulge with filling local flavour!) Walk ing, walking, walking – we walk A LOT with history/city walking tours and food walking tours booked whenever possible. This both serves goal #1 and is the best wa