![]() ![]() We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along and to James (founder of Adventure Uncovered) for inviting us back as guides. Looking back, it was a great two days and we hope you all enjoyed it and feel encouraged to swim wild more often. It was a great way to spend a few hours - we saw pale blue damselflies flitting overhead, found a waterwheel that feeds the ornamental lake at Painshill, we ducked through webs of branches, nosed our way through slow-closing sludge corridors, dove into deep swathes of dark water, leapt off rocks, searched for parakeets, spotted cormorants and red kites, met a family of swans with eight cygnets, saw all kinds of endless variations of river vegetation, pretended to be commandos in gardens of waterlilies, climbed a sunken tree, met what we think was an eel and wrestled with slimy tangles of riverweed. On the first day, what proceeded was a 9km scramble, float, trudge and swim down the River Mole. ![]() “We’d been inspired by Roger Deakins call to break free of the official version of things and wanted to lead a swim that would be more than just a smooth, predictable ride.” It was likely that our group would be the first to meander down that enclosed stretch in a long, long while - perhaps even the first ever. The stretch of the Mole we'd traced on the first day seemed to be unexplored and much of it was still unknown to us after our recce. In fact, we knew from the outset that this would be an adventure. We'd been inspired by Roger Deakins call to ' break free of the official version of things' and we wanted to lead a swim that would be more than just a smooth, predictable ride. and a few toothy predators too, like chub, perch and pike. It is also one of the most biodiverse rivers in England with a plethora of resident species, like barbel, trout, lamprey, eel. ![]() The Mole is a sleepy tributary of the River Thames that nuzzles its way through the lumpy, leafy countryside of Surrey. This time leading a group of 20 grinning swimmers down the River Mole.Ĭalum called this event: Meandering Down The Mole. And so, while memories the waves in Man of War Bay were still fresh, we marked Saturday (June 30th) and Sunday (July 1st) off in the calendar and decided to hold another event. It was inevitable we’d join up again for another event. In 2017 we partnered with Adventure Uncovered and led swims along the Jurassic Coast to the limestone arch of Durdle Door… ![]()
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