Massive congratulations to Caroline McFarland who successfully completed her two way Windermere swim on Sunday. Supported by her husband Brian who skilfully navigated the shore vantage points in the dark as Caroline passed by on her way to Fell Foot and the finish of her 14 hour marathon swim. Caroline made the swim look easy but battled shoulder pain after… Read more →
This is the first year that we won’t be there to take your photos as you come up the ramp, we’re going to miss seeing your jubilant (relieved) faces as you finish your swims. If you get chance please post your pics here, we’d love to see them. We’re sending you all our best for a fantastic day, have a… Read more →
Swimming the Lakes – Windermere. The third story behind the picture, we’re delighted to share Emily’s third instalment of our swimmers stories. This story has an international twist which I truly love! In this picture Yaron Davidi is swimming Windermere. When I asked him about how a man from Israel found himself swimming with a tribe of Yorkshire folk he… Read more →
We are delighted to announce the release of four amazing prints from open water swimmer and local artist Emily Moncuit who has very kindly produced these beautiful prints of some of our favourite swimming pics, we think they’re fantastic. Have a look and see if you can spot any familiar characters … Swimming your SwimYou can view more pictures… Read more →
We are delighted to announce that the event badges, ISwam Bala, ISwam Coniston and ISwam Windermere are finally available to pre order and will be with us mid October. You can order yours now via our Wix store by downloading the app on your smart phone and using the invite code P8XMCA. The badges cost £10 and can… Read more →
Windermere is the largest natural lake in England at a staggering 10.5 miles long. This end-2-end swim is one of the most iconic in the Open Water season. The swim will start early on the Sunday morning the 6th of September 2020 from the marina in Fell Foot Park, which is located at the southern end of the lake, we will then… Read more →
We are extremely excited to announce our intention of completing a world record attempt swim of Windermere next month. The attempt will start on the 2nd of September 2019, with the team consisting of six SwimYourSwim members, Barry Jones, Chris Greenwood, Fiona Woods, Jane Mintoft, Tracy Mistry and Angela Davison. All are accomplished swimmers with a combined history of long… Read more →
Windermere is the largest natural lake in England at a staggering 10.5 miles long. This end-2-end swim is one of the most iconic in the Open Water season. The swim will start early on the Sunday morning the 25th of August 2019 from the marina in Fell Foot Park, which is located at the southern end of the lake, we will then… Read more →
Windermere 2017 has been an amazing year for SwimYourSwim. We’ve seen our first two way swimmer Tracy Mistry complete a magnificent 21 miles in the water. We have accrued a grand total of 598.5 Windermere swimming miles by our solo and pod swimmers. Twenty of them braved the 17/18ºC water wearing just their swimming costumes with the remaining 37 completing the… Read more →
