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Good 2.5k swim with Ed this morning. We got wiped out a few times on the way up and way back. Thanks to Joseph for keeping an eye out from the beach.3 seals this time. Duckman was saying 10.2 average. The northerly wind fairly showed it's bite when we

5/11/2016

Colin S Macleod

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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.

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Giordail Beach, Tolsta. Cracking swim spot and was flat calm today. Thanks to Joseph for paddling. Duckman was saying a tropical 10.9 degrees. Found a golf ball while swimming towards the shore. A balmy 9 degrees on land.

Good to get back in swimming again after having man flu. 9.5 in the sea, 3 on land. Least there wasn't the northerly chill this time, though I still shivered all the way home :) Had the Garmin on my wrist this time rather than on the tow float

Good 2.5k swim with Ed this morning. We got wiped out a few times on the way up and way back. Thanks to Joseph for keeping an eye out from the beach.3 seals this time. Duckman was saying 10.2 average. The northerly wind fairly showed it's bite when we

Cracking way to start November with an early morning dip down at Coll Beach. Just me, 1 seal and some birds, oh yes and Duckman too. He's no camera shy, as he was saying 10.4 degrees on average.

Colin S Macleod

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