2013

Great day out in Harris with Joseph. We headed up to Loch Chliostair Hydro Dam for a swim. Cracking all round views. Will be back again for sure. 09.11.2013

9/11/2013

Joseph, Ciara and myself took a walk out to the Hydro dam in Harris (Loch Chliostair reservoir). Joseph and myself had a wee swim across the loch and back. Ciara got attacked by midges. Beautiful scenery.

5/10/2013

Fun times at Coll beach with Donna, Ciara, Joseph and Ali. Bit of swimming and kayaking today. 01.10.2013.

1/10/2013

Fantastic day out with Donna, walking over the hill from Hushinish to Cravadale, then swimming over the short channel to Scarp for a look around. Came back the same way. Then went to camp at Nisabost beach and we had a wee swim on Sunday too.

20/7/2013

Sound of Harris Swim, as part of the Inter Island Challenge for The Leanne Fund. Colin swam the Sound of Harris in 3 hours 40 minutes. As far as we know Colin is the 1st person to swim either of the crossings, swimming both in less than 24 hours.

16/6/2013

Sound of Barra Swim, as part of the Inter Island Challenge for The Leanne Fund. The Barra to Eriskay sea crossing was successfully swam by Colin in a time of 3 hours and 5 min.

15/6/2013

Fun times at Bayble beach on 09.06.2013. Kayaks where out, Chris & myself swam out towards bayble island only to get stuck in a current. Scrambled to the rocks and walked part of the way back, swam the rest.

9/6/2013

Cracking day for a dip. Did 6 laps over 2 sets. Overall 12.93km/8.03miles in 4 hours 47 minutes. 8.5 degrees going in, 13.7 degrees getting out.

19/5/2013

Bank Holiday Swim. 7.4 degrees at the far end and 9.5 degrees at this end

6/5/2013

Any chance of a lift to the Sea? 7.2 Degrees water temp

1/5/2013

Nice morning for a swim at Coll Beach. 6.5 degrees when I went in and warmed up 7 degrees later. Had lip like a thunderbird.

27/4/2013

Wednesday swim at Coll Beach. Thanks to Donna & Ciara for spotting from the shore. Duckman was saying 8.5 degrees on average.

24/4/2013

Swim in the waves at Coll beach today, good fun..

22/4/2013

Meeting up with Pauline Squire at Hushinish, Isle of Harris for a quick dook. 17.02.2013

17/2/2013

New Years day dip at Coll Beach with Saul, PJ, Cheggs, Scott and Laura. 01.01.2013

1/1/2013

Colin S Macleod

Thanks for visiting my blog!

I've been a swimmer all my life and over the last several years I've done many challenging open water swims for charity all around our Islands which include the Sound of Barra & the Sound of Harris and both the Little & the Big Minch Channels to name a few.

Having a real passion for open water swimming, I spend a lot of my spare time looking for and discovering amazing new swim spots around the Islands.

I set up The Hebridean Sea Swimmers group in 2011 for all swimmers that live in or visit The Hebrides and it now has over 500 members. I regularly meet up with visiting swimmers as I love to show off our Islands stunning coastline.

I finally decided to make this passion my dream job and team up with Cheggs at SurfLewis & Harris to offer Open Water Swim lessons and Guided Wild Swim Adventures.

I am a qualified STA Swim Coach and RLSS Lifeguard and have years of experience and great local knowledge of the islands environment. Swim safety is of paramount importance to us as is making sure everyone has fun!

If you have any questions about any of the swims we offer or anything at all please get in touch, we are happy to help.

Visit https://www.surflewis.com/open-water-sea-swimming-lewis-harris for more info.

We hope to be part of your Hebridean adventure soon!

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