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Blakeney's Watch House sits half way along Blakeney Point, between a seal colony and a turn colony. Cut off from power, fresh water and a 45 minute walk along shingle, it seemed the perfect retreat for a mid-week sea swimming expedition.

The weather is warmer, the lido is getting busier and we are loving wetsuit free swims!

This week we embark on a new challenge to raise money for Diabetes UK and swim the equivalent of France and back while we do...

With frost on the grass and a chill in the air, we skipped down the hill from the carpark at Beckenham Place Park to join a buzz of women, and a couple of men, for a celebratory morning dip.

A luxurious way to spend a few hours at the glorious Thames Lido - which staff all pronounce lee-doe - complete with ice bucket shower, sauna and amazing gadgets to ensure beach changing was truly spectacular.

Hampton Pool, in the borough of Richmond is a heated outdoor lido, open year round. From November to January it opens in the late evening so brave swimmers can take to the water under hopefully moonlit skies.

The temperature is dropping at Brockwell Lido - or should that be plummeting - but we swim on and we shall not be wearing neoprene gloves until it's below 5 degrees!

Escaping to rural Oklahoma after a family Thanksgiving allowed for some outdoor swimming outside the UK.

Trekking there required Kendall mint cake, and we may have lost our way on the Heath but once at Kenwood Ladies Pond, the dip with the ducks was fun.

Ah half term - the time to be away from the Lido. But never fear as the sea is there!