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Colin S Macleod
HEBSEASWIMMER - A HEBRIDEAN SWIM ADVENTURER

Tuesday Ui Church Swim - 29.009.2020

29/9/2020

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Cracking morning for a swim at the Ui Church with a sky full of colours and the reef looking like a wildlife sanctuary. Duckman was saying 11.4 degrees.
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Braighe Swim - 25.09.2020

25/9/2020

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Slight windchill in the air this morning on the Minch side of the Braighe but it didn't put Jo and myself off going for a swim there. Plenty of wildlife around and about, loved having the birds circling us overhead. Duckman was saying 11 degrees. 
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Ui Church Swim - 23.09.2020

23/9/2020

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Stunning morning for a swim along the braighe. Air temp 5, sea temp 11. Certainly felt fresh...
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Scarp Swim Camp - 19.09.2020

19/9/2020

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Fantastic Socially Distant Swim Camp over on Scarp with Grant and Stuart. The weather on Saturday was so clear compared to on Lewis. We walked over to Traigh Mheilein, dropped our kit, then headed over to have a peek at Loch na Cleabhaig that has the cottage on it before gearing up for a swim over to Scarp itself, setting up camp and going for a wonder up the hill for some scenic views around and about. The mist came down at night but on Sunday morning it was clear enough for a swim back to the jetty at Hushinish. Had good yarns with folk on Scarp and at Hushinish over the weekend. Duckman was saying 13-14 degrees average. Good times indeed......Some photo's by Stuart & Grant.
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UI Church Swim - 17.09.2020

17/9/2020

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Bumped into Matthew and Jo at the Ui Church this morning as I was going for a swim. Tide was nice and high as we're very close to springs. Was great to be able to swim over the middle reef for a change and even stand up on it. Duckman was saying 12.5 degrees. Check out the bubbles video on the right hand side.
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Garrabost Arch Swim - 15.09.2020

15/9/2020

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Bumped into Jo and Matthew in the sea this morning down near the Garrabost Jetty. Keeping a safe social distance, swimming through the arch, which is always stunning. A fantastic way to start the day. Duckman was saying 12.5 degrees.
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Giordail Beach Swim - 13.09.2020

13/9/2020

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Great turnout for a swim round the sea stacks at Giordail beach this morning. Nice and chilled out swimming through the Hebridean turquoise waters is just fantastic. Duckman was saying 12.5 degrees average.
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Thursday Early Bird Session - 10.09.2020

10/9/2020

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Cracking morning for a pre work swim in the sea. Duckman was saying a slightly colder than yesterday 11.5 degrees. Fantastic scenery all around but especially at the reef.
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Early Bird Ui Church Swim - 09.09.2020

9/9/2020

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Nice swim at the braighe this morning before work. Duckman was saying 12 degrees average. Love pondering around the reef in the middle. Good times....
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Tuesday Early Bird Session - 08.09.2020

8/9/2020

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Good turn out this morning for the early bird swim session at the Ui Church end of the braighe. A wee bit of recording for the Gaelic media. Cracking swim as always over at the reef.
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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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