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I completed a 10.5 mile solo swim from Lemreway (South Lochs) to the Shiant Isles, whilst Ed, Stuart, Angus and Mark Doug did 2 sets of relays. Thanks to PJ, Mike, Tim and Dave for kayaking & Joe and Colin from Sea Lewis for boat support. 5 hours 20mins

21/8/2016

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 1000 members. I regularly meet up with visiting swimmers as I love to freely show off our Islands stunning swim locations.

SwimCamping and SwimHiking are my new adventures and having such an amazing playground on my doorstep is fantastic, double bagging my kit into the Lomo waterproof rucksack and swimming to an island for an overnight stay or longer is just the best.

Feel free to get in touch via the contact forms at the top of the page.

Decided to leave the wetsuit in the camper and did a lap of Coll Beach. Duckman was saying 14 degrees average. Nice and refreshing.

5k swim this morning before work. Bit of a walk to the sea but was worth it. Thanks to Angus for the company. Duckman was saying 14 degrees on average.

I completed a 10.5 mile solo swim from Lemreway (South Lochs) to the Shiant Isles, whilst Ed, Stuart, Angus and Mark Doug did 2 sets of relays. Thanks to PJ, Mike, Tim and Dave for kayaking & Joe and Colin from Sea Lewis for boat support. 5 hours 20mins

Had time to get a 5k swim done before work this morning, swimming with Ed & Mark Doug. Duckman was saying a copacabana 14.5 degrees.

What a way to start the day off, with a 5k swim at Coll Beach with Stuart, Angus & Mark. Duckman was saying 12.9-13.8 degrees. He's a cheeky chap

Good to be back on the old stomping ground of Coll Beach today with Ed. Thanks to Joseph for kayaking & photo's. Duckman was saying 13-14 degrees, depending what end of the beach.

Colin S Macleod

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