Swimming

4am Tuesday 4th July we found ourselves on the road with one mission .. crossing the county line and making it to North Devon by 8am!

Why were we hotfooting it over the border so early you ask? We’d had the call from Speedo Outsiders Club …

We’ve just returned from a magical week on the sleepiest of the Balearic islands, with our very first Wild Swim Menorca Crew! We were blessed with a lovely bunch of women to swim with, hot sunshine, almost no wind and 25 degree water temperatures, we couldn’t have asked for better for our first Menorcan retreat.

Want to join us on a Wild Swimming Retreat? Here’s 6 Reasons why you’ll fall in love with Menorca!

We scoped out some incredible swim spots. Think crystal clear waters, mixed with shades of blue and turquoise giving way to gleaming white cliffs and pine tree forests that smell fresher than daisies (and there were a lot of those too).

We fell in love with this little Island. Exploring cove after cove filled with clear water and white sand never stopped enchanting us. To give you a taste of what we found and what might be to come from Swim Sistas, here are some Postcards from Menorca.

You might not know it yet, but you really are a mermaid. As mammals we’re born with the ability to spend time underwater – just like dolphins, seals and whales.…

Let’s face it, we can’t surf every day of the year. Even living by coast, there’s days when the wind blows onshore or a summer flat spell sets in.

Luckily, there’s a solution to avoid saltwater withdrawal – swimming!

Swimming is a great way to spend time in the sea, whilst also keeping you fit for surfing! It can also serve as a saviour if you live far away from surfing beaches. You might find it becomes one of your favourite hobbies.

Quiet calas offer the perfect dipping spots with flat rocks for sunbathing and the welcome shade from fishermans huts. Crystal clear waters delivering every shade of teal and turquoise we could possibly imagine. Chasing sunrises and sunsets as we stroke through the water on distance swims, balearic beats drifting past us on the breeze.

As the minutes pass, although they feel like hours, I sink into a gentle rhythm of stroke, gliding through the water. It is neither cold or warm, I feel in perfect equilibrium with the ocean.

The North Cornwall coastline is strewn with magical coves, rivers and sea pools to explore, these turquoise waters are a wild swimmers dream!

Our Swim Sistas long weekend of wild swimming in Cornwall is for all swimmers, from dippers and floaters, through breaststroke cruisers to distance queens.

So you want to get a new swimsuit that doesn’t cost the earth (literally) and are struggling to pick out the most environmentally friendly brand to buy. It’s a confusing…