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Tapering off (skins) swim this morning at Coll beach before the Little Minch Swim on Sunday. Duckman was saying 11.5 degrees. 4.05km @ 1hr 28 mins

31/5/2018

Had a nice chilled lap of Coll beach this morning. Usual dog walkers around & about. Duckman was saying a costa del coll temp of 12.5 degrees in the sea. 2.56km @ 55mins.

30/5/2018

What a morning for a refreshing skins swim down at Coll beach. Duckman was saying a more than tropical 11.5 degrees. 5.02km @ 1hr 46mins.

29/5/2018

Cracking day for (hopefully) the last long distance training swim before the Little Minch Swim next weekend. Thanks to Stuart for joining me for a lap. Duckman was saying 9.6 degrees. 17.5km @ 5hrs 49 mins.

27/5/2018

A few photo's from this mornings swim at Coll beach. Can see the quads marks from whoever was out last night. Duckman was saying 8 degrees. It's starting to warm up for sure. 5.08k @ 1hr 37mins.

25/5/2018

A long walk to get out far enough to swim at Coll beach this morning and even further to walk back when I got out, due to the outgoing tide. Duckman saying 7.3 degrees. 5.01km @ 1hr 46 mins.

22/5/2018

Thanks to 'By Rosie' for the Hoodie & Hat which are great for after a swim in the sea and for backing the Minch Swims. Thanks also to The HEB magazine for the article & to John Dyer for the photo's. www.byrosie.co.uk

20/5/2018

Tough distance training swim down at Coll beach this morning with a good bit of chop to swim into on the way up. Stopped for feeds at the end of each lap. Duckman was saying 8 degrees. 12.5km @ 4hrs 39mins

19/5/2018

A few photo's from this mornings 5k swim. Sea was like a millpond. Duckman saying 6.8 degrees. A few small crabs and jellyfish. Some days you just don't want to get out...5.50km @ 1hr 38mins

17/5/2018

Had time for a quick skins dip down at Coll beach. Was too nice an evening not to, though there a strong tide against me on the way up. Duckman was saying 9 degrees on average. Amazing what a bit of sunshine can do to the sea. 2.37k @ 57 mins

8/5/2018

First 10k swim of the season. Good conditions, with feed stops at each of the beach. Duckman was saying 7.7 degrees. 10.3k @ 3hrs 33 mins.

6/5/2018

Photo's from this mornings pre work 5k swim. Incoming tide, not as bumpy as Tuesdays. Always tends to be a good workout on the way up, into the current. Duckman was saying 6.6 degrees. 5.06km @ 1hr39mins

3/5/2018

A tad more choppy today. 35mins up/21mins down. Usually about 22-23mins either way. Duckman was saying 7.1 degrees average. 5.09km @ 1hr55mins.

1/5/2018

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 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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