Ullswater
Ullwater is one of England’s most beautiful lakes, located in the Lake District National park in Cumbria. It is England’s second largest lake after Windermere and sits amidst the splendour of some of the finest fells in Lakeland. It is also the setting for William Wordsworth’s famous “Daffodils” poem.
The lake is clean and clear and provides a huge range of activities and water sports, including sailing, the Ullswater Steamers, kayaking, fishing, boat trips and open water swimming.
Open Water Swimming
The Great Lake District Swim Challenge is a series of 17 open water swims in the Lake District of the UK. The stage swim event that traverses over 214 miles in 17 lakes over 4 days offers a total of 16.1 km of open water swimming with the shortest swim of 500m and the longest swim of 2 km. The Challenge is split into the east half and the west half of the Lake District. Swimmers cross the width, sometimes twice, of each of the lakes within the allotted time before moving onto the next lake by chartered mini-bus. Great Lake District Swim Challenge West is held on 8-9 August 2015 and Great Lake District Swim Challenge East is held on 5-6 September 2015.
Great Lake District Swim Challenge West includes an optional acclimatisation swim in Keswick on Friday, swims in Wast Water and Ennerdale Water on Saturday morning, swims in Loweswater, Crummock and Buttermere on Saturday afternoon, swims in Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite on Sunday morning, and a final swim in Thirlmere on Sunday afternoon between 7-9 August. Great Lake District Swim Challenge East: includes an optional acclimatisation swim in Ambleside on Friday, swims in Windermere, Coniston, Esthwaite and Elter Water on Saturday morning, swims in Rydal and Grasmere on Saturday afternoon, swims in Brothers Water and Ullswater on Sunday morning, and a final swim in Haweswater on Sunday afternoon between 4-6 September.
The BLDSA Ullswater is a 7-mile (11.2 km) open water swim (both freestyle and breaststroke in Ullswater, organised by Richard Davidson (smokerdavidson@hotmail.com.
Colin Hill in Ullswater
External links
- Gráinne Moss Takes Time To Do It All
- What A Fascinating Life: Gráinne Moss Swims Around The World
- Colin Hill Honored By The International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Head to the Hills
- Great Lake District Swim Challenge West
- Great Lake District Swim Challenge East
- 2016 British Long Distance Swimming Association Swim Series
- Albert Is A Larger-than-life Coward
- The Great Lake District Swim Challenge = 17+4+2+1
- Outdoor Swimming Society
- Andrew Heather
- Coniston Regatta
- Neoprene And Bioprene In The Next Open Water Generation
- Brenda Sherratt's Birthday Swim To Remember
- British Long Distance Swimming Association
- Ullswater in Cumbria, the Lake District - England’s Most Beautiful Lake
- Chilling In Ullswater And Windermere
- Brutal ... Butterfly In The Open Water
- Brutal ... Butterfly In The Open Water
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Bullish On Wild Swimming
- Albert Coward Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- Artwork Inspired By Wild Swimming
- Have Baby, Will Swim
