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...

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...

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...

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...

27 June 2025 I think more London area fitness facilities should adopt this term - “Lifestyle Club” - over the much more dominant “Leisure...

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...

30 May 2025 Never before has a flight delay brought me so much joy. For our routing from Lilongwe to London, my wife and I had a ~13-hour...

27 May 2025 "I get by with a little help from my (aquatic) friends." No single lyric** could more aptly describe the support I've gotten...

25 May 2025 Technically, I have swum in a number of pools in four African different countries - eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), South...

21 May 2025 File this one under the “whining on the yacht” or “mal de vivre” category.   I am in Dubrovnik for a work conference staying...