Swimhiking Blog March and April 2009
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This blog is becoming a bit of a burden. I imagined that as spring arrived and the swimhiking increased so I would want to boast about things more on the blog, but now I find that the last thing I want to do is to sit around on the computer writing about it. Also I have not bothered to have any more photos taken.
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March Highlights
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Seasoned Alpine swimhiker Matt and I pioneer two new routes on the River Wear, one above and one below Durham and both linking in to natural loops. The river is rather shallow and we spend a lot of time humping over rocks a bit like seals.
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April Highlights
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A package holiday in South East Cyprus provides for fantastic swimhiking, or rather snorkelhiking. The nasty little mauve stinger jellyfish that now infest the Med in summer are entirely absent; the nasty big jetskiers--considerably more dangerous than anything else in the water-- have not yet arrived in large numbers; the water is wonderfully warm a (at least by English standards), the fish are fab.
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A particularly nice snorkelhike is a simple loop from Protarus Beach to the island at Fig Tree Bay. Here the sharp volcanic rocks means shoes are a must for exploring the island, and then dive in from the southern side of the Island and swim back to the shore and along the coast.
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Back in North East England, the sea is warming up for swimming, with the tide sweeping up over warm sand on Druridge Bay on Easter Sunday.
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