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Good water: Iceland’s thermal pools

Angela Alexander loves Iceland. She loves it so much that she has been going every year for the past 15 years. Here she tells us why …
There are two things I love about Iceland: the swimming and the… read more

December 16, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming No Comments »

Good water: the Liquidrom, Berlin

Strictly speaking the pool at the Liquidrom isn’t for swimming in, but since I was lucky enough to visit it last week I thought you might like to know about this unique facility.
Located in central Berlin,… read more

October 20, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Miscellaneous No Comments »

Good water: Pettycur Beach, Kinghorn

I took up open water swimming only last year as a way to get fit and do something cheap yet beneficial, writes Maureen Londra. Little did I know what I was letting myself in for.
The challenges, both physical… read more

Good water: Stevenage Swimming Centre

Thanks to all of you who recently highlighted their favourite places to swim on twitter and Facebook. And special thanks to Graeme Archer who took the time to write a short article on why he loves his favourite pool… read more

Good water: Capernwray

Open water swimming could not be more different from pool swimming, writes Pauline Squire. The pool: solid, straight sided, lined, bottomed, laned, and always filled with chlorine. Lakes, rivers and oceans: no lanes, colours ranging from yellow through to… read more

April 19, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming No Comments »