Wild Swimming News

Swimming Deaths – Lack of School Training and Distracted Parents

The Local reports: During the heatwave, the police reported fatal swimming accidents almost daily, with 15 children under the age of 15,...

The Mirror Reports: Parents whose children drowned unite in grief to spare heartbreak for other families. As the summer heatwave...

The New Indian Express reports: After learning swimming over the vacation period, 91 kids swam across the Periyar here in Aluva thanks to...

The Daily Echo reports: FREE outdoor swimming and water safety sessions for up to 2,700 children will be held in Sandbanks Beach from the...

Gabby Hinsliff of The Guardian reports: School’s out, and the boys explode through the gate like corks from a popgun. After a day of...

As the weather warms up and as the sun starts shining we face again the very British question: Is it a sin to swim? Around the world warm...

Taken from – “Scouting for Boys” by Robert Baden-Powell 34th edition 1932 (246-7) A great Channel swimmer, writing in “The Boys Own...