Wild swimming

[Dextraneous]

A couple of friends have swum in the manchester ship canal at salford quays as well as in Windermere. Watching countryfile in the background, I was taken by some woman who swims in random lakes and rivers across the UK.

Have any of you ever done any wild swimming, or fancy it?

 

[longdogs]

Oh FFS Dex, Not another racist post

 

[Micilin]

We used to swim in rivers as kids. And they were probably more polluted then!

 

[Dextraneous]

Oh FFS Dex, Not another racist post

I'm luring you all in to misbehave

We used to swim in rivers as kids. And they were probably more polluted then!

That explains a lot

 

[longdogs]

A couple of friends have swum in the manchester ship canal at salford quays as well as in Windermere. Watching countryfile in the background, I was taken by some woman who swims in random lakes and rivers across the UK.

Have any of you ever done any wild swimming, or fancy it?

I used to swim in the Thames when I was a kid. Definitely used to come out dirtier than when I went in. The trick was not to put your feet down otherwise you would get stuck in the thick mud.

 

[Dextraneous]

Where did you get in?

 

[LastMagicBean]

Where did you get in?

At the edge.

 

[sooey]

Can black people swim? You never see many in the olympics.

 

[Whitespirit66]

Can black people swim? You never see many in the olympics.

Judging by the ones coming out of North Africa at the moment, that's a negative.

 

[longdogs]

Where did you get in?

In the East End of London. There was a concrete ramp going down to the river in a kind of inlet, so long as you didn't swim past the inlet into the open river you were ok. Past that and I'm sure the tide would sweep you away.

 

[RNReindeer]

Did lots when I was younger: Swan Pool, NEC lake, Edgbaston reservoir, Lake Bala (three mile swim), River Severn (mile swim at Worcester), Bournemouth, and of course loads of numerous coastal places.

Now I really must go!

 

[Dextraneous]

Now I really must go!

That's the most sensible post you've made for a long time.

 

[Brigadier]

Canal

 

[Dextraneous]

Which one?

 

[sooey]

Come to think of it you never see any muslim women winning much at the Olympics either, must be hard to run jump and swim in a bhurka though.