London calling #2
It’s been 6 month since my last ‘London calling’ instalment…and I know how much you’ve been awaiting my next bulletin. London life is treating me well, I’ve caught the mandatory […]
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London calling 2
‘Life is like a box of chocolates’…I heard a wise man say in a movie once. I must say, my life has certainly been a mixed box of chocolates over […]
Australia Day harbour splash
A simple 2.5km swim around Rose Bay in ideal conditions – no wind, warm & crystal clear water. A lot of fun & even Emma McKeon (our greatest Australian Olympian) […]
1 to 14 – the Idiots quarantine countdown 1
Thank you Swimming Idiots – not only did you prove you can count to 14 but you kept me smiling every morning I woke up (Groundhog Day) to another great […]
Idiots report from Puglia
It’s hot, sunny & not London. In the week we’ve been here I think I’ve heard 2 foreign accents – Italy in 2020 is for the Italians (+ us!). The […]
Frozen water swimming. 1
Merry Christmas to the Swimming Idiots. I’d take a swim in your honour, although where I am (Lech, Austria) the water is pretty much frozen all around me. The only […]
Massive crowd for Mad Monday
Super turnout for the Monday swim as Dave S. reported. Water a tad nippy & i support the 19 degree rule – unless you simply swim to the dirty cone […]
Summer in London (Spain) 2
I’ve worked out that summer in London is actually somewhere a flight away – Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia…my 4-day weekend last weekend was on the east coast of Majorca on […]
The Italian Balmoral 1
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Not Balmoral
A photo during the week of what looked like my Vespa at Balmoral but I guess the snow suggests otherwise!
What a week! 1
I swim solo last Friday in a full steamer wetsuit (18.1 degrees), the water is murky, no Swimming Idiots to be seen (SBJ turns up at 6.31am but is too […]
What a week!
I swim solo last Friday in a full steamer wetsuit (18.1 degrees), the water is murky, no Swimming Idiots to be seen (SBJ turns up at 6.31am but is too […]
London Idiots 1
Spot the swimmers in the Serpentine Lake – foreground of the Christo sculpture. Whilst having a jog near killed me in the London early morning heat (yes, even at 6.30am […]
A little warmer here than Balmoral 1
Opening up the Sicilian branch of the Swimming Idiots…on the island of Favignana. Can water get any bluer in colour? ?
Welcome to Winter 3
Beanies, Ugg boots, tracky pants & other fashionable attire were on show at the Steps this chilly morning to welcome in Winter. Whilst I was thinking of a short swim […]
Is that Winter knocking?
Even the ABC 702 asked the question to their listeners at 6.20am this morning…”I wonder how the Swimming Idiots will get on this morning? These swimmers meet at the Wishing […]
