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Colin S Macleod
HEBSEASWIMMER - A HEBRIDEAN SWIM ADVENTURER

A swim with Mike Wells - 28.09.2018

28/9/2018

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A special morning swim with writer/swimmer Mike Wells today, who is visiting the isles from Brighton. We swam from the Beasts of Holm to the bay at Millar Road. Mike is going to be writing a story about the Iolaire disaster. Duckman was saying 10 degrees average. 4.53km @ 1hr23mins
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Good morning swim with Mike (who's up on holiday) & Mhairi at Coll beach. A lot calmer than last week for sure, so we got a lap done. Duckman was saying 11.1 degrees. 2.76km @ 53 minutes

26/9/2018

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Saturday swim down at Vatisker beach with Grant, Elspeth & Alasdair. Good fun in the waves and watching the surfers further along the beach. Duckman was saying 11 degrees.

22/9/2018

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A quick pre work skins swim this morning with Mhairi, before Storm Ali hits. Walked up the beach and swam with the current back, good fun in the waves. Duckman was saying 11.2 degrees. 1.21km @ 19 minutes.

19/9/2018

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Sunday Outing - 16.09.2018

16/9/2018

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Stuart and myself had a great walk around the coast from Gress towards Sialabhig Mor beach. Some scenery even on a wet & windy day. Mostly walking with a bit of caving and arch swimming, then we swam round to land on the beach. Duckman was saying 11.4 degrees. 8.13km overall @ 3hours 41 minutes. We'll be back in decent weather for a full on coastal swim.....
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A few photo's of this mornings skins swim at Coll beach. Duckman was saying 11.3 degrees but it felt colder than that for sure. Beautiful sky took my mind of the dark sea up near the river. Harassed by a gull just as I was getting out. 2.64km @ 59 mins

14/9/2018

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Coastal swim explore from Giordail beach round to Traigh Mhor with Stuart, Ed, Norma & Laura. Natural arch, caves, tunnels, wildlife galore, stunning rock faces. Amazing scenery all round. Duckman was saying 13.9 degrees.

8/9/2018

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Good to be out with swimming with brother Grant again. Nice Mill-pond conditions, though we got a bubble bath/shampoo taste in the water near the end of the wall, which was odd. Duckman was saying 12.2 degrees. 2.73km @ 60 mins

7/9/2018

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Great to be back in the trunks again after a summer in the suit. Only time for 1 lap of the beach these days. Thanks to Mhairi for coming along. Fantastic way to kick off the day. Duckman was saying 11.8 degrees. 2.54km @ 46 minutes.

5/9/2018

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Down the 88 steps to a lovely sheltered bay - Geodha nan Eathraichean (Boats Gully). Thanks to Elspeth for coming along. We did some coastal swim exploring around some coves. Water so clear and the sea so calm. Duckman was saying 13 degrees.

1/9/2018

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    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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