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Colin S Macleod
HEBSEASWIMMER - A HEBRIDEAN SWIM ADVENTURER

Swim Camping Trial - 31.05.2020

31/5/2020

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Had a wee test of my swim camping kit today, without any camping actually happening but I wanted to try it all in the Lomo rucksack and take it for a swim at the swimming gully, as the weather was awesome. A few things still to add/change but the idea is there and everything worked fine. Weight felt fine to carry and it floated and towed while swimming without any bother. Had some on-lookers wondering what I was doing carrying the rucksack into the sea...Duckman was saying 12.5 degrees....Roll on when we can actually go swim camping properly.
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Saturday Swim - 30.05.2020

30/5/2020

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Thanks to Dolina for coming along for a social distance swim this afternoon. Was fairly busy with paddleboarders and kayakers too, which is understandable given the weather and phase 1 under way. Duckman saying a toasty 13 degrees. Good times through the arch, round the island and through the rocks...
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Friday Affa Outing - 29.05.2020

29/5/2020

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Fatherson local radius outing this afternoon with Joseph in the kayak and me swimming at a social distance. Duckman was saying anything between 11.6 and 13.1 degrees. What a place for an adventure. Will be back there again soon. Always great to be in the water...Stay local and safe...
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Birthday Dook - 26.05.2020

26/5/2020

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A dook in one of the pools on Laxdale river today to celebrate getting older. Thanks to Donna for being on watch. Duckman was saying a toasty 13 degrees. Did a bit of riverside cleaning too...
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Birthday Dook - 26.05.2020

26/5/2020

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A dook in one of the pools on Laxdale river today to celebrate getting older. Thanks to Donna for being on watch..
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Archive swim video

22/5/2020

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Nothing like finding video footage on a memory card. Edited it together this morning. Can't wait to be officially allowed to swim through there again. Love the way the sea looks and the sun glancing through.....
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Light at the end of the tunnel?

21/5/2020

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All being well, from around the 28th May 2020, in Scotland we'll officially be able to get out open water swimming, among other sports as part of phase 1. Hopefully people will 'stay local' and not abuse the rules, which could see us back at square one.
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Seaweed out and seaweed in....

13/5/2020

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Rocks...some you can't help but stare at....

8/5/2020

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It's amazing how the sun can brighten up your day....

6/5/2020

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    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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