We are fast approaching the New Year when celebrations will be had, new years resolutions will be made and we charge headlong into another year on this planet. For some it has been a torrid time. Fires in Australia, elections around the globe, droughts and famine in Africa, and many other challenges around our personal lives. Let’s hope that all ends well and we can leave the past in the…
This past Saturday was spent swimming. Yes, it is that time of the year when Mark Sheridan and his team put on the Steve Wand invitational memorial swim. Five years ago Mark and a few others trained with Steve Wand. At some point Steve went on a training ride and was involved in a fatal road traffic accident. Kent Air ambulance was called out but, sadly, Steve passed away. The…
The nights closing in, the lakes all but closed in the evenings, the rain flooding the rivers, the temperatures of the few lakes that are open dropping. Yes, It is the time of the year that some swimmers in the Northern hemispheres dread! Time to get back to the chlorine pit for the winter training! The heat, the chlorine, the bad lane etiquette, fighting for your patch of water. It…
Yes, How did you find yourself spending your weekend? At the pub, at the park enjoying the glorious weather currently experienced in the United Kingdom, watching a series on TV, getting 700 plus signatures on a petition to help combat climate change, have a nice long lie in on the sunday followed by brunch with the family. The more mundane might have washed the car, seen a movie. Some in…