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John Dyer's photo of me in today's Herald newspaper. 27.02.2018

27/2/2018

Nice road trip round the Circular with Donna, Ciara & Loki. Stopped in at Dalmore beach and I had a jump about in waves which threw me around lots. Duckman says 5.8 degrees. 646 metres @ 20 minutes. Lost swim cap & goggles in the waves.

25/2/2018

Nice quick skins swim through the cave in the sea stack at Garry beach today. Duckman was saying 6 degrees. Still no sign of Go Pro. 582 metres @ 11 minutes.

23/2/2018

Nice walk out to Sialabhig Mor, Tolsta with John Dyer today. Beautiful beach and stunning scenery. I had a good laugh in swimming in the waves. Duckman was saying 6.5 degrees. 757 metres @ 13 minutes.

21/2/2018

Nice walk out to Eilean Glas Lighthouse, Scalpay, with John Dyer today. Cracking views though it was a bit misty over towards Skye and the mainland. Had a wee dook in the bay. Duckman says 7 degrees. 535 metres @ 13 minutes.

20/2/2018

A wee gander down to Garry beach this afternoon at low tide to try and find my go pro from yesterday. No joy but a nice walk was had with Donna and Loki. It really is a beautiful beach..

19/2/2018

Nice skins dip at Garry beach this morning. Swam through the cave and back out again. Was filming it on the Go Pro but lost it in a wave. Hopefully it'll turn up. Duckman was saying 6.3 degrees. 867 metres @ 18 mins. Photo's from mobile phone..

18/2/2018

Took Loki for a spin to Ness this afternoon. Will be back to this beach, Port Stoth, for a swim for sure.

17/2/2018

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Cracking skins swim at Bayble beach this afternoon with Ed. Plenty of snow about and an icy feel in the air when getting out. Duckman was saying 6.2 degrees. 969 metres @ 15 minutes.

12/2/2018

Thanks to Eilidh for the nice article in this month's Event's magazine.

10/2/2018

Click here for the welovestornoway article

Took Jill out for her first experience of open water swimming, whilst Donna and George took Danny and the dogs for a walk along the beach. Jill did really well as the waves were pretty choppy. Duckman was saying 5.4 degrees. Yes, I'm in a wetsuit

8/2/2018

Great skins swim with Stuart and Norma this morning at Garry beach. Had a great buzz swimming through the cave in one of the stacks with Stuart. Had to be done. Duckman was saying 6.7 degrees. 4 degrees on land. 939 metres @ 28 minutes.

3/2/2018

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

I am a qualified STA Swim Coach and RLSS Lifeguard and have years of experience and great local knowledge of the islands environment.

Swim Camping is my new adventure and having such an amazing playground on my doorstep is fantastic, putting the kit into my Lomo waterproof rucksack and swimming to an island for an overnight stay is just the best.

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

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