Enthralling collection of topics this week Rachel. You must have your mojo back to research & edit all this together! From a mystery bird to dark spidery tunnel; from bracing autumnal temperatures to waste disposals in our favourite swimspots. Super important websites here for the 'underwater foragers' amongst us too, because of bioaccumalation of toxins in shellfish etc. Thank you 👌

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Well I'm pleased you enjoyed this week's video. It is one I've been thinking about for a while and have touched on, but I thought I'd be more overt about it this time. Hopefully it helps people make decisions for themselves and continue to swim when it's safe enough for them at theis spot 🏊😀

You have no idea how many of your videos I have watched! They’re so informative and you have such a nice attitude. Perfect at explaining ! That river you swam in looks heavenly, I understand you want to keep the place secret but really looks gorgeous

@EverydayAthleteRach

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! This river is a beauty would love to explore more of it!

I think the phrase "without at overflow sewage would backup into peoples homes", While technically true, is used by the water companies as an excuse for a long term lack of investment in the system. Many systems need a fail safe be it a circuit breaker, fuse, pressure relief valve or overflow, but these should not be relied on for normal operation. It would be unacceptable for the power grid to fail regularly just due to high demand so why would an arguably more important piece of infrastructure be any different. I'm not having a rant at you at all, just this is a subject I feel strongly about and I think the media unwittingly parrot this sort of thing without thinking. Good video though lots of good advice, thanks.👍 Also you seem to have a better understanding of how the system works than the news does.

You're videos are helpful, Rach. Although I'm not a wild swimmer, I do photography and field recordings at these types of sites and before watching these videos I had no idea about currents, eddy's, water assessment pre-swim etc. So I now know to try to access the water before I setup my gear, just in case I slip in!

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Hey, that's really interesting to hear. I'm so pleased you've found it helpful. What are the photographs and field recordings for?

1:09 - “First gasp of Autumn”… yes, don’t we all know and love that feeling!! Wilderness gal here from northern 🇨🇦… happy to say that there are no sewer systems or sewage treatment plants where I live. All homes have self-contained septic systems. The riparian zones and the lake-shores are heavily protected from outhouses and animal grazing. There is no industry, and houses are few in my neck of the woods.. You did a really great job of explaining and clarifying all the information in this video Rachel. On a separtare note: I love the rock archway that you and your friends were swimming under. It looked like a lot of fun. Thanks for the useful info in today’s video Rachel. Sending Big Energy to you. 💦🌎Ⓜary🏊‍♀

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Morning/evening Mary, I thought you’d enjoy joining us under the bridge, it was a new to us swim spot and was delightful. I can’t imagine how sparkly clean your water must be, I’ll be over to check it out when things settle down 🏊‍♀️😀

I had no idea that app existed, thanks for the information Rachel!

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

It’s great for coastal swimming. ‘Enjoy!’

Great video Rachel, great to highlight the appalling lack of response and inaction from the government. For far too long the emphasis has been on profit for the water companies shareholders, at the expense of cleaning up their act! And we, the end user ,as usual, are the ones who suffer. Well done Rachel.👏👏👏👍

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Gross, isn't it. I'm certain that the advent of wet wipes has not helped either, companies were way to slow to say they're not flushable! Here's to a cleaner future.

@Andre.R

Жыл бұрын

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Interesting and thank you for web links. I've realised so much I don't know. Thank you

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Hope the situation starts to improve soon!

I swam in a "swimming and watersports pond" back in May. I ended up in hospital with acute kidney failure due to ecoli entering my urethra. It was a traumatic experience and has really affected my confidence in wild swimming.

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Blimey that sounds horrible. I hope you are fully recovered now? Has anything been done about the water quality since you became unwell? Best wishes, Rach x

Thanks for that advice, I have just downloaded the app and a river I was planning a swim in soon has been given a Red Cross. Thanks so much for saving me swimming in sh*t!!! ❤

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! 🏊‍♀️😀

Great informative video as always Rachel. Thank you

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, I'm pleased you enjoyed it 🏊😀

Thanks Rachel, really helpful info 😊

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad it was helpful! 🏊😀

That wee dog just doesn't get way humans go into water! Bless it. Hey Rach we should do a cold swim colab! I've not done one with a cold water-loving channeller!

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

It looks likw you travel around a lot, maybe our paths will cross 🏊😀

@mapleleafer74

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach Aye I get around! Living in my van, swimming cold water beauty spots mainly. In Devon at the moment, yeah we could meet up somewhere!

Very informative and interesting video, thanks Rachel, I hope you are well x

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jacqueline thanks for your well wishes. Everything is better when water is involved! x

Thanks for this info, I've downloaded the app. I only swim in a tidal pool but it's in the southern water remit and they are notorious for sewage dumps, so I will now check. Great info... my husband is currently checking our your recommendations for wetsuit hire. Keep up the good work💖

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Hey Teresa, greta to hear from you. It's worth a look at the app and the map to get a feel for your swim areas and their vulnerability to spills. I hope your husband finds a suit he likes, it was a great service, I must say!

Hi Rachel, very informative video. as i have mentioned before we always swim at stoney cove, the water is very clean. we've always worried about swimming in the rivers. when we go to devon we always swin in the sea, so the safe seas app will come in handy.

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Hi Gary, I must get to Stony Cove. I've heard such good things about it. Glad the app will come in handy when you're by the coast! Happy swimming!

Great video, I use the Safer Seas app and feel lucky that we don’t seem to get too many alerts where I swim. I remember growing up in South Devon in the 1970’s the sea was a lot dirtier than it is these days and tummy upsets after swimming were quite common so I do feel some progress has been made but we definitely have a long way to go and water companies and the government really need to take this more seriously. Thought you were brave swimming under that bridge!!

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

The bridge was something else, a bit close to my hair - enough to freak me out a little. I've only been ill a couple of times, but it was really unpleasant. Luckily my 2 local spots are not that affected by outfalls.

Thanks for this info and the map to see how safe the rivers are. I've been looking for something like this for ages but could only find quality levels at beaches. I'm disgusted by all these sewer discharges, now I don't feel safe to swim at my local OWS spot. It's a shame our own environment secretary(now PM) allowed this situation to get much worse.

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

It's pretty gross isn't it. I think that there's a lot that everyone can do to help, as well as the water companies. I still swim in rivers, but I always consider the recent weather and if in dowubt I assess the likelihood of an outfall release based on the map. Lakes are another option though...

How lovely to see your video in my notifications this morning. I hope you are feeling better and continue to regain your strength. Thank you for the useful information - I will download both the Apps you suggest - they both look really useful. (Incidentally I have gone ahead and ordered the C Skins booties in a size 6. They should arrive in a day or so. I'm really excited! I'll let you know how I get on with them)

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Hi Katy, thanks for watching! Little by little I'll get there. Good luck with the booties, be sure to have a shore horn on hand to get them off, or do so in the water :)

@katysmith3571

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach good tip! Thank you 🙏

@katysmith3571

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach the C Skin booties have arrived and I tried them this morning! They were toastie warm! And they came off super easy with a shoe horn! What a useful tip! I’d have really struggled without! 💦

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

@@katysmith3571 woo! Brilliant to her that!

Excellent topic. That was really useful information. Thank you.

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, I wish I didn’t think I it was a necessary topic 😕

@swiminthesea6391

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach Yes, too true. Where I swim water quality in the river improved a lot in the past 30 years, but in summer I can't swim in any of the near by lakes because they contain something that causes a rash once the water gets too warm. No idea what it could be.

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

@@swiminthesea6391 maybe it is duck mites that causes the rash?

@swiminthesea6391

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach That's what I thought at first, too. But I don't have any problems on my legs only on my torso. So, now I suspect it has either something to do with the combination of dark fabric and warm water or I'm just very sensitive to blue green algae and react to them long before they reach a critical amount. It remains mysterious , though.

Superb Sharing my friend! Great Love and huge respect from a solo mountain hiker friend from Chitral Pakistan.

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

So good to hear from you, I hope the weather is treating you kindly in Chitral

🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒👍🏻thanks a lot Rachel

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

It’s odd. I always thought if there was a lot of rain it would help dilute the waterways. Whereas, a drought would lead to stagnation and a lack of oxygen flow. It’s hard to know when to swim. Your video really helped. Thanks.

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Periods of dry weather seem to affect the rivers by reducing volume of water, and then the river vegetation is more prominent, I tend to swim in the sea. Managed lakes have quality monitoring I think, but are payable to use.. I hope you find somewhere to swim 🏊😀

@CrueLoaf

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach going to try Holbrook Bay which is on the Stour estuary in Suffolk on Thursday!! It will be our first plunge on our own. Thanks for your inspiring videos. 👍

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

@@CrueLoaf lovely. Sounds like somewhere to be tried at high tide. Enjoy and don’t stay in too love the first time! 🏊‍♀️😀

@CrueLoaf

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach thanks. Looking forward to it.

@CrueLoaf

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach just had a ten min dunk/swim in the estuary. Fantastic. I was surprised it was 8 Degrees! Was expecting about 15 but it was wonderful. :)

“First gasp of autumn” ❤

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Woo! It really was too. Wowzers!

@marycharlebois6627

Жыл бұрын

Yes Camilla… I loved that very special line too. I’m pretty sure we’ve all experienced that “First gasp of Autumn”. 💦🌎Ⓜary🏊‍♀

Great information as usual, I have a couple of the apps that you mention, but swim in a lake which isn’t featured. But is tested for water quality. Sadly I’m out of the game for a while as advised by the experts, due to just having started chemo. I’m going to really miss it….last year I had just signed up to the Polar Bear challenge….😒 …but I’ll be bac’ as soon as I get the go ahead!

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Oh no best wishes for the treatment Tracey. I have been working on a winter watery challenge that you will be able to get involved with. All to be revealed in a couple of weeks - sew on badge n all xx

@traceywebb7731

Жыл бұрын

@@EverydayAthleteRach thank you, ooh I'll keep an eye out for it as my husband will no doubt still be winter swimming 🥶🙌

Hi Rachel. Do you have a shower after the swim. I have after a sea swim cos I felt all sticky. But I didn’t after a river swim (but I smelt a little like a pond). It seems more of a faff to then get home and have to go into the shower and dry off again. Also, a cold shower or a warm one?

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Hi @CrueLoaf I'll have a shower is I feel dirty, but more often than not I won't bother. A small time-saver!

Hi as good as always thanks. What is the river your swimming in first off please- I dont recognise it. Thanks

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah, we were in the River Frome, glad you enjoyed the change of scenery!

I've downloaded the app but there doesn't seem to be any entries for the area round Sheffield unless I'm being dumb.

@EverydayAthleteRach

Жыл бұрын

The Safer Rivers and Seas app focuses primarily on the English and Welsh coastline. The ‘is my river fit to play in’ website will probably be more useful in giving you an indication of spills in your area.

are canals safe to swim in ?

@EverydayAthleteRach

10 ай бұрын

No, not most of them. They are shallow and there’s no flow of water

That water has that greyish sort of murky look to it, I wouldnt swim in that

@EverydayAthleteRach

8 ай бұрын

Sometime we just take what we can get, but keep our heads out!