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Meet the SwimTrekker07 April, 2021Around The World In 80 Swims -
SwimTrek News31 March, 2021Against The Tides: Beth French Interview
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SwimTrek News01 April, 2021Vindication Swim: Kirsten Callaghan Interview
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SwimTrek News16 March, 2021Best SwimTreks For Freedivers
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SwimTrek News04 March, 2021Recipes for SwimTrekkin’ Foodies
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Meet the SwimTrekker04 February, 2021Guide Interview: Ricky Andrews
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Trip Blog20 January, 2021Yoga and Swimming: A Perfect Partnership
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SwimTrek News20 January, 2021"So, You’re New To Open Water?"
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SwimTrek News12 October, 2020Find Your Fit: SwimTrek's Wetsuit Buyer’s Guide
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Trip Blog19 November, 2020Life Aquatic: What To Expect On A Liveaboard
Around The World In 80 Swims
Follow our new global feature series with international entries and aquatic tales from our favourite open water swimmers - updates every Thursday! We'll take you to memorable locations around the world, through a selection of incredible wildlife encounters, gruelling challenges and...
Vindication Swim: Kirsten Callaghan Interview
Brighton-based SwimTrek HQ caught wind of this exciting independent film project - Vindication Swim. And we reached out to lead actress Kirsten Callaghan to find out more about her portrayal of the first female British swimmer to cross the English Channel... Production on Vindication Swim is set...
Against The Tides: Beth French Interview
The Oceans Seven is one of the toughest challenges an open water swimmer could ever face. Seven gruelling crossings around the world. Each with their own unique set of difficulties, kindly designed to 'take a swimmer apart'... Beth French is a self-employed massage therapist and single...
Best SwimTreks For Freedivers
Hold your breath – this ones for the deep divers and seabed explorers among you… Starting out, freediving seems a little like advanced snorkelling. You stay under for as long as you can. Then resurface and blast the water from your snorkel, like a broaching whale. As freedivers progress they...
Recipes for SwimTrekkin’ Foodies
Who knows food better than the hungry swimmer? That dripping banquet hunter, exhausted after wrestling chop and fatigue – deprived of all but a few morsels scoffed while laid-out floating on the water, otter style. In this blog, we’re forgoing old methods of wolfing down carbs and sugar loading....
Spain: Location Spotlight
A fiesta for waterborne rebels and masters of relaxation In a word, Spain is passion – it serves up a smorgasbord of sun-dressed natural treasures and a fiesta for swimmers fast and steady. And there’s no shortage of wonder either, from the snowy heights of the Pyrenees, to the Sierra Nevada and...
Guide Interview: Ricky Andrews
Before we shrivel into swim-deprived Lockdown prunes, we thought we'd get the swim wheels turning again. In this interview, we chat to long-time guide and all-round Man of the Ocean, Ricky, at his home in Brighton... Ricky has spent 10 years as a guide at SwimTrek. He's seen almost every...
"So, You’re New To Open Water?"
There are all kinds of questions that come up when you're new to outdoor swimming. Where’s safe to do it? What do I need to take with me? Should I have support in the water? Sometimes outdoor swimming (or open water swimming/wild swimming) seems to be regarded as a new-fangled activity. As...
Yoga and Swimming: A Perfect Partnership
Yoga and swimming are a perfect natural fit. Learn more about the mutual benefits of mixing these two favourite SwimTrekker activities. In this blog, we’re going to take a quick look at those little details that make swimming and yoga a perfect match. And we'll start with our favourite - the...
10 Christmas Gifts For The Family Swimmer
It’s that time of year when gift-giving has us all in a frenzy... Subtle hints drift back and forth. Ideas are planted. Then forgotten. Book titles and chocolate brands fade beyond reach. Remote-controlled helicopters and festive egg cups suddenly litter our social feeds. And it looks suddenly so...
