Wild Swim

by Kate Rew & Dominick Tyler

In this beautiful and inspiring guide Kate Rew, founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society, takes the reader on a wild journey across Britain as she plunges into rivers, lakes, lidos and seas. Together with documentary photographer Dominick Tyler she tells the stories of over 100 remarkable swims. Each is a mini-adventure, accommodating humour, glee, beauty, discomfort and hard fact as she and a band of fellow swimmers travel the country with enough common sense to avoid drowning and enough recklessness to dive in. As well as tales for armchair swimmers, this book contains everything needed for would-be adventurers to make their own journeys, with over 300 referenced swim spots. There's something for everyone - waterfalls, natural jacuzzis, sea caves and mellow rivers - suiting every kind of swimmer from a five-year-old in water-wings to an epic adventurer, wild camper, hiker, lazy-hazy summer picnicker or cold-water connoisseur.Containing swim ratings, useful contacts and a fully comprehensive map, "Wild Swim" is the definitive guide to outdoor swimming in Britain from the Outer Hebrides to the Isles of Scilly and everywhere in between.

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Hardcover

First published May 27, 2008

Reviews

[Paul Gallear · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful and useful book.

[Sue Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well laid out book with lots of lovely stories of different swims from sea swimming, rivers, lidos etc. Very informative - I’m looking forward to my Dorset swims next month. 🏊

[Juliet Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

Makes you want to get out there and plunge in .... Comprehensive and inspiring suggestions for places to swim outdoors in the U.K. Would have preferred many more photos of the locations to accompany the text. Would prefer photos which clearly show the lido, the lake or the river and not just an 'arty' shot of a pebble, a pool tile or a sign.

[Kerstin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inspiring, full of enthusiasm for cold fresh water, and takes the fear away. Maybe the Wild Swim joys are a little easier to realise when you live in Devon, but it's definitely a motivator for anyone to read Kate Rew's joy of jumping into Fairy Pools on Skye. In Scotland.


great reference book

[Fletcher1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love that this was not only just a guide to various wild swim locations, but also gave a personal description that painted a wonderful picture of the various locations. Even if I don't swim at all these places, still provided useful info on some wonderful places.

[Deborah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love this idea and have resolved to try some of the suggested locations. Started with another book's suggestion ('Soldier's Leap' below Killiecrankie) but will come back to this one time and again.