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Pool #748: Not in Canada
22 August 2025 Of course, it makes sense that the city name Edmonton originated in the UK and not in Canada! However, as I have only...
Aug 22, 20252 min read


Broke the Water Break
19 August 2025 9 days! After racing in Manchester , I took a conscious break from swimming. I can’t say that I fully enjoyed this “dry...
Aug 20, 20251 min read


Racing Ugly, But Happy (#746 & #747)
9 August 2025 After I finished my first 400 LCM free of 2025, back at the K2 Crawley meet in mid-January , I wrote ... I still think I...
Aug 10, 20253 min read


Testing my Heart & Health (#745)
7 August 2025 An old friend was in London on a business trip, so we made plans to meet up for dinner at his hotel, the Leonardo Royal...
Aug 6, 20252 min read


The Cult of Swimming
6 August 2025 Among serious swimmers and/or the aquatically-obsessed, The Haunts of the Black Masseur and Waterlog have become cult...
Aug 6, 20251 min read


Dolphin Diving to Taper to Race
4 August 2025 Forget the diving well, the London Aquatics Center 3M depth competition pool is perfect for dolphin dives! I start and...
Aug 4, 20251 min read


Discovering Crete with SwimTrek
26 July 2025 I took off from Gatwick on Saturday the 19th with Maia and Zara to start my first Swimtrek Swimming Holiday ever, their...
Jul 26, 20256 min read


Sweet Zugersee
12 July 2025 My wife and I were in Zug over the weekend for an engagement party for my wife’s cousin’s daughter (there some kind of...
Jul 11, 20252 min read


Pool Review: My Kind of Lifestyle (#744)
27 June 2025 I think more London area fitness facilities should adopt this term - “Lifestyle Club” - over the much more dominant “Leisure...
Jun 27, 20251 min read


Excellent Egham (Pool #743)
25 June 2025 I had a business lunch meeting at a Thames-side hotel in Runnymede today, so I switched up my morning swim plan from the...
Jun 25, 20252 min read
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