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Travel – April 2024 – ISSUE #84
The April issue is a celebration of swimming and travelling – from a local day trip to wild and exciting adventures further afield. It also includes a pull-out-and-keep Travel Guide supplement with listings and inspiration for your own swimming travel dreams. Where will your swimming take you this year?
Features
- Something to declare! We celebrate 21 years of swimming holidays and find out how they can bring you more joy than ever before.
- The Danube, the Jordan, and the Dart. Novelist Yaara Lahav Gregory on how rivers and swimming run through her life.
- Continental Divide. Mercedes Gleitze’s historic 1927 Gibraltar Strait crossing.
Training
- Take your front crawl outside. Learn how to adapt your swimming to open water.
- Paul Newsome, Head Coach at Swim Smooth, tells us how to arrive on the startline of your overseas event in top condition.
- “Help! I had a terrible experience, with body crunching cramp in my calf in deep water.” Find out how to prevent cramps – and what to do if it strikes while you are swimming.
Interviews
- “I was stuck in the 17th floor of this tower block dreaming of waterfalls.” Daniel Start on the inspiration of his bestselling Wild Things swimming guidebooks.
- “Water and flood are at the root of so many cultures and religions.” We talk to Gareth E Rees about his new book Sunken Lands, a journey through flooded kingdoms and lost worlds.
- “I zoned out in the last few minutes, just swimming and functioning automatically.” 73-year-old Jerrie Roberts, holder of the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to swim an ice mile.
Gear
- On test this month: open water goggles, prescription goggles, and period swimwear.
Travel
- This month we explore Split in Croatia, Guernsey, Exmoor and North Devon, and Loch Linnhe in Scotland – plus, our pick of thermal pools around the world.
Plus all the regulars, including health news, outdoor swimming news, training, swim locations, technique, travel, event listings, gear news, and kit reviews.
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