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The Open Water Swimming Year – October’s Opportunities

In the years before I’d swum into Loneswimmer Cave, when I rounded Great Newtown Head, if I wanted to progress west into Ronan’s Bay, I either had to swim around Oyen reef, or through the four to five metre gap between the reef and the base of the cliff. It was the same as most…

October 31, 2019 in The Open Water Swimming Year.
Photo of Bunmahon Church before a thunderstorm

The Sound of Bells – A Tale of the Copper Coast

Rolling across the water from somewhere in the distance I could hear the sound of bells. Under the water’s surface the luminous dial of my watch showed six PM. So. The Angelus Bells, the Catholic call to prayer. Sound travels far across water. It must be coming the whole way from the church in Fenor…

October 31, 2016 in Copper Coast, Ireland, The Sea.

The Awful Cave – A Tale of the Copper Coast

My days of being an open water swimmer are over. The sea is lost to me now and I don’t think I can ever go back. Being a swimmer has been as important a part of my life for 10 years as a decent job or good health. It was something I did not foresee ending.…

November 1, 2015 in Open Water swimming.

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