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What a morning for a swim. Spent more time taking photo's of the sea and sky than I did swimming. Great to get out in the sea even if it's just for a short time...Duckman was saying 7.4 degrees average...

27/2/2019

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Headed down to Coll beach this afternoon to kick off the sea training for the BMS. Good to back in the waves again. Duckman was saying 7.8 degrees average. 5k @ 1hr 40mins

24/2/2019

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Good fun at Bayble Beach this morning with Malcolm, Elly, Ep, Laura and Craig. Some pier jumping involved - see video on the right. Duckman was saying 7.1 degrees average.

24/2/2019

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Last minute decision to head down to Coll Beach this morning for a quick dip in the sea. Good to be back in again at my local training ground. Duckman was saying 6.7 degrees. 500 metres @ 10 minutes.

19/2/2019

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Had a swim down the steps at the Shulishader cove today. Was nice and sheltered. First polar bear swim of February. 500 metres at 15 minutes. Duckman was saying 7.5 degrees on average.

16/2/2019

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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 500 members. I regularly meet up with visiting swimmers as I love to show off our Islands stunning coastline.

I finally decided to make this passion my dream job and team up with Cheggs at SurfLewis & Harris to offer Open Water Swim lessons and Guided Wild Swim Adventures.

I am a qualified STA Swim Coach and RLSS Lifeguard and have years of experience and great local knowledge of the islands environment. Swim safety is of paramount importance to us as is making sure everyone has fun!

If you have any questions about any of the swims we offer or anything at all please get in touch, we are happy to help.

Visit https://www.surflewis.com/open-water-sea-swimming-lewis-harris for more info.

We hope to be part of your Hebridean adventure soon!