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Colin S Macleod
HEBSEASWIMMER - A HEBRIDEAN SWIM ADVENTURER

Minch side of the Braighe swim - 29.12.2020

29/12/2020

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A brisk wind chill made you appreciate the warm sea temp of 7 degrees this afternoon on the minch side of the braighe. Great swim in great company. 500m towards my Artic PBC, bringing my monthly total to 4.9k so far.
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Creed Bay Swim - 27.12.2020

27/12/2020

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Snowy swim this morning at Creed Bay. A right mix of temps (5.3-7.2 sea temps, 0 air) swimming across the front of the island at the mouth of the river creed. Thanks to Donna for the Christmas pressie designer trunks, lol. Great craic with great company. 800m, bringing my Artic pbc to 4.4k for the month so far.
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Ui Church Waves - 24.12.2020

24/12/2020

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Choppy swim in the waves at the Ui Church this morning in good company. New duckman was saying 5.8 degrees average. Another 500m towards my Artic PBC, now a total of 3.6k for the month so far. Merry Christmas everyone!
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Ui Church Swim - 22.12.2020

22/12/2020

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Great swim at the Ui Church this morning with the odd wave bouncing us along as we swam across them. A nice wind chill too certainly wakes you up. A further 500 metres towards my Polar Bear Artic Challenge, bringing my monthly total to 3.1k so far. That's me over the line for December now.
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Ui Church Swim - 16.12.2020

16/12/2020

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Cracking swim with Jo and Seumas at the Ui Church end of the Braighe this morning. Spring tides made for an interesting swim as we knew it would. Fantastic way to start the day and with good company too. 700 metres towards my artic polar bear challenge, bringing the monthly total to 2600 metres so far.
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Swordale Bay Swim - 14.12.2020

14/12/2020

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Quick skins swim before work this morning down at Swordale bay 400 metres towards my artic challenge, 1900metres for the month so far.
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Ui Church Swim - 09.12.2020

9/12/2020

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Even a flat tyre on my car didn't stop us swimming today. Quick change of wheel, before getting in the sea for a quick swim with Jo and Seumas then it was off to the garage. Have to say that the sea felt so much warmer than the river creed did last Saturday. 400metres towards my Polar Bear Artic Challenge, bringing my monthly total to 1500metres so far.
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Creed Mouth Swim - 05.12.2020

5/12/2020

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Fantastic swim at the mouth of the river creed this morning but by jove it was chilly on the fresh water side with the recent ice melt. A nice push from the river on the way out. The walk back to the cars fairly warms you up. Good times with great company. 600 metres towards my Polar Bear Artic Challenge, bringing my December total to 1100 metres so far.
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Ui Church Swim - 02.12.2020

2/12/2020

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Ui Church Swim with Jo and Seumas this morning. Wind chill was something else up at the cars. Good times and 500m towards my Polar Bear Artic Challenge.
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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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