On a recent trip to London, my head was spinning at the rate of development in the Nine Elms area as I remembered it being a bit of a wasteland on my last visit. Seeing rows of gleaming tower blocks made me feel like a ‘country bumpkin’ lost in the big city. I was then…
Category: Inclusive swim facilities
‘Seatrac’ and Yachts: Contrasting Realities in Corfu
This past summer I went to Corfu to participate in the Albania to Corfu swim which is run by a local charity that supports four marine environmental initiatives: https://www.albaniaoverboard.com/swim-info On the day of the swim, sea conditions prevented the crossing which meant a rearranged swim from one bay in Corfu to another. Although it was…
An inspiring breakthrough at Yorkshire Swim Works
The ‘Chats, Stories and Memories’ pages feature a conversation with Caroline Kindy from Yorkshire Swim Works. At the time of our conversation, the group had poured blood, sweat and tears into a project to establish a naturally filtered outdoor swimming pool in Yorkshire which in Caroline’s words just didn’t quite make it across the finish…
Swimming for the masses!
Without wishing to overgeneralise, Eastern European countries seem to place a great deal of attention on health and sports facilities. On a recent visit to Prague, I explored potential swimming sites and was impressed by the number of possibilities even for a relatively cold March. I settled on one (ČEZ – Plavecký stadion Podolí) aka…
An Anthropology of Swimming 