Press Articles
Cross the Hellespont with Swimtrek - Sky Sports, Dec 2009
Crossing the Hellespont is one of the most illustrious open water swims in the world and is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron's crossing of Hellespont, from the European continent to Asia.
Swimming Accross The Hellespont - BlogSpot - Dec 2009
If you were inspired by Robson Greens effort after he swam in Snowdonia's Llynn LLydaw, why not create your own Holy Island challenge with a swim from Europe to Asia in the Lord Byron Bicentennial Hellespont Swim in May 2010.
Escape From Alcatraz - Sunday Times, Aug 2009
Alcatraz is fifteen metres away, my starting point. A mile and a half across the bay, lies the prize of San Francisco – a thicket of skyscrapers shimmering in the early morning haze. It’s the moment that I’ve been dreading but which hundreds of inmates would once have longed for – a chance to swim to freedom.
Swim in Finland’s lakes and rivers, Times Online - Aug 09
The hosts, Maria and Petri, open their summer holiday home by Lake Sakara to the swimming holiday company Swimtrek, whose professional guides lead the way across several beautiful lakes and rivers of southern Finland. You swim approximately 5km a day (usually in two sessions) but you don’t have to be an Olympic swimmer; so long as you can swim at a steady pace for this distance you will be fine.
Go with the flow, Irish Times - July 2009
discovered SwimTrek, a holiday company that takes you on open-water swimming trips around the world, about a year ago. Dreadfully unfit since having children, and with a bad case of middle-aged malaise, I decided things had to change. While other friends tackled marathons, I headed for the pool, and started training in January for my first week-long holiday alone – no kids, lots of sunshine and, most importantly, the sea.
Schwimm zu deiner Insel, stuttgarter-nachrichten- July 2009
Klettern, skaten, radeln, kämpfen: Auch im Urlaub kann Bewegung richtig Spaß machen. Unser Sportreise-
Wild Swimming, Outdoor Enthusiast Magazine - June 2009
One lake was so crystal clear that I simply sucked up water when I needed a drink, rather than heading for the support boat.
Six things you must do in Turkey, Times Online - May 2009
We took the short ferry trip from Eceabat to Canakkale, where the mythical Leander swam across nightly to meet his girl Hero. The real-life Lord Byron emulated his feat in 1810. Every August 30, ships are halted for a swimming race across its width (www.swimtrek.com).
This summer's best activity breaks, Times UK - May 2009
Spring is in the air. Summer is tiptoeing round the corner. It’s a time to be limber, to loosen limbs, to stretch out and be sporty once again. ..why thrash through a chlorinated pool full of heavy-petting teenagers when you could glide along with otters and dolphins?
A Swimming Tour of Croatia, Financial Times - UK April 2009
Croatia has more than a thousand islands along its coastline. Some are limestone specks with craggy coves, others have sweeping arcs of white sand.
My Life in Travel, The Observer-UK April 2009
My life in travel is a glimpse at Brad Andersen and his role as SwimTrek guide and Office Manager.
Big Adventures on your doorstep, The observer - March 2009
The Scilly Islands are a unique corner of the UK, a scattering of islands off the Cornish coast with beaches that wouldn't look out of place in the Maldives and an agreeably somnolent pace of life.
Fit For Fun, Inselhopping Schwimmend Durch Kroatien - Germany,October 2008
Von einer Insel zur nächsten segeln, das kann jeder. Aber schwimmen? FIT FOR FUN wagte sich in die Fluten vor Kroatien – und erlebte feuchtfröhliche Ferien.
Sky Life Air Malta, In Flight Magazine August 2008
Follow the journey of aspiring Channel swimmers who gather in Gozo to sample the beautiful waters between Malta and Comino as they train for some of the most arduous events in the open-water swimming calendar.
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany - August 2008
Eintauchen, Abtauchen, Einswerden mit dem großen Ganzen. So ist das nach drei, vier Kilometern Schwimmen. Wenn das Herz im Takt der Kraulzüge schlägt und die Gedanken ganz bei der Sache sind. Wenn die Anstrengung plötzlich nicht mehr schwerfällt, sondern einem wohligen Körpergefühl weicht.
Daily Express, Become a better swimmer - UK, August 2008
After Rebecca Adlington and Michael Phelps caused a splash at the Olympics, more of us have been encouraged to start swimming.
Sardinia: Financial Times, UK - Aug 2008
"I am floating on my back in a turquoise Sardinian sea, bobbing around like a cork on gently rippling waves. I have just swum further in one morning than I’ve ever swum in my life – 5km in two hours and 35 minutes – and I am utterly, deliciously spent."
Welt am Sonntag, Germany August 2008
Mit einem Kreuzfahrtschiff von Insel zu Insel fahren kann jeder. Von Insel zu Insel schwimmen wohl kaum, oder etwa doch? Ein englischer Reiseveranstalter lässt es seine Kunden ausprobieren. Von Booten aus werden die Schwimmer beschützt, angefeuert und gefüttert.
Thames: Globe & Mail, Canada
"She doesn't like swimmers!" cried a man on the shore as Eric Block lifted his vulnerably Speedo-clad body from the water. He was referring to Lulu the goose, who flapped and squawked anxiously at the foreign bodies gliding past, her hostile beak ominously close to Block's toes. But fair enough. We were in her territory — a bucolic stretch of river running east from Radcot Bridge, an 800-year-old stone arch said to be the oldest on the Thames."
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany - June 2008
Mit der Fähre auf den griechischen Kykladen von Insel zu Insel zu fahren ist schön, aber keine Herausforderung. Wer gut im Training ist, kann auch schwimmen. Von Imke Meier
Guardian, Swimming In Malta - May 2008
Swimming from island to island sounds tough, but rests in pretty sandy bays and lashings of local wine make it the perfect summer escape.
Croatia: Times, UK - Jan 2008
“Swimming in the wild, outdoors and without a roof over your head, is now a mildly subversive activity... It certainly appeals to free spirits...” I didn't feel terribly subversive, sitting on a small boat in the Dalmatian islands, and passing round my suncream-smeared copy of Waterlog, Roger Deakin's love letter to swimming, from which the above passage is taken......."
Hellespont: Observer, UK - Sept 2007
"There is plenty to concentrate the mind when you're trying to swim across the Hellespont, the strip of water that links the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, and separates Europe from Asia - not least that you're attempting a three-mile paddle across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. So about halfway over, I stopped to tread water and tried to appreciate the once-in-a-lifetime position I had found myself in."
CNN, USA - May 2007
Imagine a holiday where you come home with not only a tan, but also an enormous sense of achievement. Swimming between islands for 3-6 kilometers (1.8-3.7 miles) every day for a week might not sound like much of a holiday, but it's a concept that lures hordes of keen swimmers to do just that on their time away from the office.
Lakes Weekender: Lifestyle & Travel, Thailand - Feb 2007
"Homo Sapiens spent significant amounts of our evolutionary ancestry in a semi-aquatic environment. Most of us spend our summers gazing at,or paddling in, watery environs. Make a splash: let’s hear it for open-water adventure swimming and the company that makes a holiday out of it."