When we were approached by Venture Scotland, we were interested to find out more about what they do. When we saw that it was all about encouraging people to develop their personal growth through the great outdoors, we wanted to help. SAMH remains our official charity partner for this year but we wanted to offer Venture Scotland a helping hand. Read on for what they do and how we are helping them.
Open water swimming is an exhilarating and rewarding experience, but it comes with unique challenges and risks. Safety is key for us here at Go Swim. When you come to our events, you will see that we have lots of safety boats and kayakers looking after you on the water as well as medical staff on the shore.
Open water swimming offers a challenge unlike any other and a connection to the great outdoors and nature that many swimmers find irresistible. However, one of the most common hurdles in open water is staying on course.
As we came towards the end of our first year working with Macmillan Cancer Support, we put out a call on our social media for people to share their fundraising stories for Macmillan. We were delighted to receive an email from Rona Mackay. She gave us permission to share her story and kind words
Lorn Pearson describes her experiences as participant in our Go Swim Series from the get go. Lorn has sent this to us entirely unprompted and we are pleased that she loves our events so much! Just for clarity, she hasn’t had any free entries or other incentives to write this blog post
First time at a swimming event? Here’s what to expect and our top tips for making it all go smoothly…
Greetings, fellow water enthusiasts and reluctant swimmers! Join myself and Laura on a journey that started with us struggling to swim one length without resembling a drowning cat and ended with us signing up for a 5km swim. Yes, you read that right. And no, I’m still not entirely sure how it happened!
We are delighted to be working with Macmillan Cancer Support this year in helping them reach their fundraising targets. The money raised will help people with cancer throughout Scotland and the UK.
Loch Lomond has become a very popular place for open water swimming over the last few years, with many groups and individuals swimming in the loch year-round. If you are travelling to Loch Lomond for the Go Swim event and fancy an extra dip, here are my top 5 locations to swim around Loch Lomond.
How I will prepare for Go Swim’s Loch Lomond 10k marathon swim
Plus tips for your own marathon swim, by Simon Griffiths
