Loch Awe

Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Obha) is a large body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe, or Lochawe. There are islands within the loch such as Innis Chonnell and Inishail. It is site of the 40-mile Three Lakes Challenge (or Loch, Lake, Llyn), an unprecedented 5-person relay with Sam Plum, Jason Betley, Helen Gibbs, Helen Liddle, and Debbie Taylor on 3-4 July 2015.

Three Lakes Challenge Course

On 3 July 2015, the team started a 41 km (25 mile) course across Loch Awe. They drove to Windermere and swam across 16.9 km (10.5 miles), and then drove to and swam 4 miles (6.4 km) across Llyn Tegid (or Bala) in Wales.

Loch Awe Crossing

• Adrian Rotchell completed the inaugural British Long Distance Swimming Association-ratified solo of Loch Awe on 30 July 2016 in 14 hours 5 minutes. He established the route from Torran Bay to the River Orchy rail bridge.
• Phia Steyn completed a 38.1 km Loch Awe swim from Torran Bay to the River Awe on 18-19 July 2017 in 18 hours 8 minutes 30 seconds in 12.4ºC - 15ºC water with Robert Hamilton and Stewart Griffiths as support crew.
• Philip Hodges completed a British Long Distance Swimming Association-ratified crossing of Loch Awe on 19 August 2017 in 15 hours 3 minutes 44 seconds.
• Martyn Webster completed a Marathon Swimmers Federation-ratified crossing of Loch Awe on 9 July 2018.
  
• Helen Beveridge completed a British Long Distance Swimming Association-ratified crossing of Loch Awe on 5 August 2018 in 23 hours 29 minutes 55 seconds and was the first to swim from River Orchy rail bridge to Torran Bay.
  

Triple Loch

Loch Awe is part of the Triple Loch challenge, a swim across the three longest lochs in Scotland (Loch Lomond, Loch Ness and Loch Awe).

External links

• Days Across Lakes, Nights Up Mountains By John Myatt, Laura Nesbitt, Caroline Saxon and Lars Mack
• LongSwimsDB - Loch Awe swims
• Five Swim Three Lakes Challenge In Loch, Lake, Llyn
• The Three Lakes Challenge
• Five To Loch, Lake, Llyn
• National Three Peaks Challenge
• The Age Of Exploration In Open Water Continues
• Open Water Swimming
• Martyn Webster Is Barraesque, Wins The Barra Award
• Martyn Webster Talks About His Barraesque Year