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5k Skins Swim at Coll Beach this morning. Sea was so calm, like a millpond. Plenty of crabs, 2 Moonies and a few shoals of small fish. Trying and failing to keep up with Mhairi. Duckman was saying 13.3 degrees on average.

31/8/2017

Nice 5k Skins Swim at Coll Beach this morning. A few Moon Jellyfish and loads of crabs. Water clarity much better than last time. Duckman was saying 12.5 degrees on average.

29/8/2017

Had a great swim of Loch Broom with Calum, Robbie, Jack and others as part of the 'Wild Lady of Loch Broom' event. Well organised and really enjoyable with a fantastic bunch of people. Duckman was saying 12.9 degrees. 7.95 miles.

26/8/2017

Cracking evening for a swim down at Coll Beach. Swam with Stuart and we bumped into Norma & Laura at the caravan park end doing some Scarper training. Duckman was saying 15.1 degrees on average.

23/8/2017

Nice 5k non wetsuit plod at Coll Beach this morning. Few moon Jellyfish on the go. Duckman was saying 11.2 degrees on average.

21/8/2017

Photo's from the Flannans Swim where Stuart, Ed and I swam from Eilean Mhor to Ardroil (approx 23 miles). Raised 4k for the RNLI. Thanks to Allan, Rod & Rob for kayaking. Willie from NLB for the tour. JD for moral support. Cuma crew great as ever..

14/8/2017

Fun and games with son James down at Coll Beach this evening. Waves weren't the best for the bodyboards so did a wee bit of swimming instead.

10/8/2017

Another good morning for a swim. Mhairi & Mark Doug were out too. Pretty calm with a slight current against you on the way back. 5k wetsuit training session done. Duckman was saying 13.1 on average. A few nice jellyfish to look out for.

8/8/2017

A few photo's from this mornings 5k wetsuit swim at Coll Beach. Think pancakes have been less smooth than the sea today. Duckman was saying 12.8 degrees on average.

7/8/2017

Another cracking morning for a swim at Coll Beach. Colleen, Mhairi & Helen were out enjoying the calm sea's. 5k done. Duckman was saying 13.3 degrees on average, which was nice. Plenty of crabs and a few jellyfish.

1/8/2017

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.

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