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Cealasaigh SwimCamp - 17.06.2023

17/6/2023

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Definitely a SwimCamp to remember is this one, with Stuart, Dave and myself swimming from Bosta beach over to the shore at Little Bernera before heading across to the next bay to re-enter the sea there and swim over to Eilean fir Chrothair (initially checking out a cool cave) and landing there to check out the old beehives and to get the panoramic views. It was back in the sea for our third swim of the day going over to Cealasaigh. As we set up camp, the skies looked a bit dark and I got an alert from my lightning tracker app. Very quickly the thunderstorm was upon us (see the short clip of the rain battering on my tent) and it was hugely noisey and wet for at least 45 minutes before it blew through past us. We could still see lightning in the distance. Scarey biscuits 🤣 We survived and then it was dinner, drinks and yarn's. In the morning we sorted out our SwimCamping gear into our waterproof rucksacks and swam across to one of the beaches on Little Bernera, hiking overland to a small bay next to the kyles so the three of us could swim through it with the current. Some of the time we just floated with the current ☺️ Then it was back to Bosta beach again where we started from. A wonderful adventure and I'm sure we'll be talking about it for a long time yet. SwimCamping is a great pastime and it doesn't cost much to do at all. If this is something that you're interested in, feel free to get in touch with us. We don't do this for money, we do it for free, for the love.
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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.

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