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In this week’s blog, we caught up with Outdoor Swimming Society ambassador, Calum Maclean to get his tips on how to plan your very own swimming expedition.

Calum’s 8 step guide to plan your very own swimming expedition.

1. The Source

To come up with a great idea for an expedition you have to

It’s 8.10 am, October 12^th 2021, on a cold, murky morning in the English Channel.  Gray waves are slapping the side of the boat and we are really beginning to feel the bad weather building.  We had set off in the pitch dark, six hours ago and the outlook had been a lot more positive. Despite the dark, the sea had seemed settled and the six of us had been excited by the  prospect of a late season Relay Channel crossing.  N

We believe everyone should experience the joy of swimming but if you're short sighted, you may not be able to see as clearly as you'd like. You might be put off heading into the water at all. That's we have the Nitrogen Optic Prescription Swimming Goggle.

Available with prescription lenses in a variety of dioptres (from -1.5 to -6.0), you can even select a different strength lens for each eye. If you obtain a copy of your prescription from your optician, choosing the right lenses is simple.

The goggles arrive as individual components which will need to be assembled. To

By Keri-anne Payne

A question I get asked a lot. There are many things that might make a person panic in the open water like the animals or the weeds.

So what do you do if you find yourself in a panic?

Well the easy hack is at the bottom of this blog BUT I would highly recommend reading the whole thing!

By Annie Bean

When you think of a triathlon that has an equally epic and challenging swim, the first one that springs to mind will be Escape from Alcatraz triathlon. A California race that has a 1.5-mile swim back from Alcatraz island in the San Francisco Bay, back to shore.

Ensuring your goggles fit comfortably and securely is key to a great swim!  Your goggles will help protect your eyes and ultimately improve performance during your next swim session; therefore it is important that they fit correctly.

The team at Zoggs have put together the below tips for correctly fitting your goggles, along with a useful video to demonstrate together with expert advice for caring for your goggles

We’ve been developing goggles at Zoggs for more than twenty years and although we’ve been a pioneer of eyewear for swimmers and introduced a number of world firsts, we didn't actually invent goggles. Believe it or not, they've been around in one form or another for hundreds of years!

Venetian pearl divers later wearing tortoiseshell, taking lea

By Stacey Moore

I have always been an active person.  I used to run as a teenager and I was always on my bike.  I played rugby for most of my adult life but knew I couldn't continue with that as I got older. I needed another sport and so I decided that, as I am a runner and cyclist (self-labelled), triathlons were the perfect transition.

But what about the swim?

Wild is a FREE community of people that love nature, exploration and getting out into our natural world through the open water.

The Wild app is bursting with features. Where do we start?

Where can I find swim spots?

Search the app for swim spots in any destination. You can find rivers, coastal or lake

22 million kg of plastics enters our oceans every day.

It’s a pretty scary figure when you think of the amount of plastic that is. Now, many people may not realise how important the ocean is not only for our livelihood but also for the planet. The ocean creates life for millions of sea creatures as well as providing oxygen for every breath we take.

World Oceans Day, marked on the 8