Finishing #WeekWforWater #AlphabetChallenge as I started with my next letter for #AlphabetSwimming
Today, Letter K: Loch Katrine
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Today, Letter K: Loch Katrine
🏊♀️💙💦
June 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Finishing #WeekWforWater #AlphabetChallenge as I started with my next letter for #AlphabetSwimming
Today, Letter K: Loch Katrine
🏊♀️💙💦
Today, Letter K: Loch Katrine
🏊♀️💙💦
#AlphabetSwimming continues...
E = River Esk, swimming under Beggar's Bridge at Glaisdale
Built in 1619, this packhorse bridge also fits #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld
E = River Esk, swimming under Beggar's Bridge at Glaisdale
Built in 1619, this packhorse bridge also fits #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld
April 13, 2026 at 6:13 AM
#AlphabetSwimming continues...
E = River Esk, swimming under Beggar's Bridge at Glaisdale
Built in 1619, this packhorse bridge also fits #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld
E = River Esk, swimming under Beggar's Bridge at Glaisdale
Built in 1619, this packhorse bridge also fits #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld
Taking inspiration from the #AlphabetChallenge
As it's 2026 and there are 26 letters in the alphabet, this year I'm planning to swim the alphabet
A lovely morning to start with A for Loch Achray
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
As it's 2026 and there are 26 letters in the alphabet, this year I'm planning to swim the alphabet
A lovely morning to start with A for Loch Achray
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
April 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Taking inspiration from the #AlphabetChallenge
As it's 2026 and there are 26 letters in the alphabet, this year I'm planning to swim the alphabet
A lovely morning to start with A for Loch Achray
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
As it's 2026 and there are 26 letters in the alphabet, this year I'm planning to swim the alphabet
A lovely morning to start with A for Loch Achray
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
August 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Lovely Linn of Quoich was Letter Q in my #AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
It could have been a twofer, but I'm not foolish enough to try to swim thro the punch bowl!
It could have been a twofer, but I'm not foolish enough to try to swim thro the punch bowl!
July 18, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Lovely Linn of Quoich was Letter Q in my #AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
It could have been a twofer, but I'm not foolish enough to try to swim thro the punch bowl!
It could have been a twofer, but I'm not foolish enough to try to swim thro the punch bowl!
Newly installed sign for #fingerpostfriday showing the way to Floutern Tarn and the location for Letter F of my #AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙💦
May 1, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Newly installed sign for #fingerpostfriday showing the way to Floutern Tarn and the location for Letter F of my #AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙💦
Not my usual type of pool, but couldn't resist the gorgeous Gateway pool at Jupiter Artland for Letter G #AlphabetSwimming
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Also 'Twisting by the Pool' - Dire Straights
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSongs
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Also 'Twisting by the Pool' - Dire Straights
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSongs
May 13, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Not my usual type of pool, but couldn't resist the gorgeous Gateway pool at Jupiter Artland for Letter G #AlphabetSwimming
🏊♀️💙💦
Also 'Twisting by the Pool' - Dire Straights
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSongs
🏊♀️💙💦
Also 'Twisting by the Pool' - Dire Straights
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSongs
Absolutely fabulous 'X marks the spot' swim for Letter X in my #AlphabetSwimming 💙
The Ultimate Cave Swim with Arbroath Cliff Tours, swimming through 3 massive sea cave tunnels, out into the North Sea and back into the Mermaid's Kirk
Wow! That really was amazing
🏊♀️🌊
The Ultimate Cave Swim with Arbroath Cliff Tours, swimming through 3 massive sea cave tunnels, out into the North Sea and back into the Mermaid's Kirk
Wow! That really was amazing
🏊♀️🌊
September 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Absolutely fabulous 'X marks the spot' swim for Letter X in my #AlphabetSwimming 💙
The Ultimate Cave Swim with Arbroath Cliff Tours, swimming through 3 massive sea cave tunnels, out into the North Sea and back into the Mermaid's Kirk
Wow! That really was amazing
🏊♀️🌊
The Ultimate Cave Swim with Arbroath Cliff Tours, swimming through 3 massive sea cave tunnels, out into the North Sea and back into the Mermaid's Kirk
Wow! That really was amazing
🏊♀️🌊
Letter U = Ullswater
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Breezy and choppy waters seems to be a recurring theme for recent swims! But still lovely...and joined by a flotilla of ducks 💙
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Breezy and choppy waters seems to be a recurring theme for recent swims! But still lovely...and joined by a flotilla of ducks 💙
August 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Letter U = Ullswater
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Breezy and choppy waters seems to be a recurring theme for recent swims! But still lovely...and joined by a flotilla of ducks 💙
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Breezy and choppy waters seems to be a recurring theme for recent swims! But still lovely...and joined by a flotilla of ducks 💙
Oooo 💙 I'm absolutely in my element with #WeekWforWater #AlphabetChallenge
This weekend I swam a Yorkshire Dales trio for Letters H, I & J
H = Hardraw Force
I = Ingleton outdoor pool
J = Janet's Foss, Malham
#AlphabetSwimming
This weekend I swam a Yorkshire Dales trio for Letters H, I & J
H = Hardraw Force
I = Ingleton outdoor pool
J = Janet's Foss, Malham
#AlphabetSwimming
June 8, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Oooo 💙 I'm absolutely in my element with #WeekWforWater #AlphabetChallenge
This weekend I swam a Yorkshire Dales trio for Letters H, I & J
H = Hardraw Force
I = Ingleton outdoor pool
J = Janet's Foss, Malham
#AlphabetSwimming
This weekend I swam a Yorkshire Dales trio for Letters H, I & J
H = Hardraw Force
I = Ingleton outdoor pool
J = Janet's Foss, Malham
#AlphabetSwimming
Perfect weather yesterday to continue #AlphabetSwimming - collecting a delightful trio of Cumberland lakes for B, C & D:
B - beautiful sunlight sparkles on Buttermere
C - for crystal clear Crummockwater
D - finishing the day with an evening swim in Derwentwater
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B - beautiful sunlight sparkles on Buttermere
C - for crystal clear Crummockwater
D - finishing the day with an evening swim in Derwentwater
🏊♀️💙💦
April 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Perfect weather yesterday to continue #AlphabetSwimming - collecting a delightful trio of Cumberland lakes for B, C & D:
B - beautiful sunlight sparkles on Buttermere
C - for crystal clear Crummockwater
D - finishing the day with an evening swim in Derwentwater
🏊♀️💙💦
B - beautiful sunlight sparkles on Buttermere
C - for crystal clear Crummockwater
D - finishing the day with an evening swim in Derwentwater
🏊♀️💙💦
Letter V = Loch Venachar
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Pleased to have swum from A to V since April, but starting to feel a bit sad that there's only four letters left!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Pleased to have swum from A to V since April, but starting to feel a bit sad that there's only four letters left!
August 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Letter V = Loch Venachar
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Pleased to have swum from A to V since April, but starting to feel a bit sad that there's only four letters left!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Pleased to have swum from A to V since April, but starting to feel a bit sad that there's only four letters left!
A lovely, lazy* and leisurely swim in Loch Lubnaig for Letter L
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙💦
* lazy because I didn't get up early to make this a Solstice sunrise swim!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙💦
* lazy because I didn't get up early to make this a Solstice sunrise swim!
June 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A lovely, lazy* and leisurely swim in Loch Lubnaig for Letter L
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙💦
* lazy because I didn't get up early to make this a Solstice sunrise swim!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙💦
* lazy because I didn't get up early to make this a Solstice sunrise swim!
That's the first 6 letters collected in April for #AlphabetSwimming
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Starting in Scotland with Loch Achray, then on to Cumbria and Yorkshire for Buttermere, Crummockwater, Derwentwater, River Esk (Beggar's Bridge) and Floutern Tarn
Onwards to Letter G...
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Starting in Scotland with Loch Achray, then on to Cumbria and Yorkshire for Buttermere, Crummockwater, Derwentwater, River Esk (Beggar's Bridge) and Floutern Tarn
Onwards to Letter G...
May 1, 2026 at 6:16 AM
That's the first 6 letters collected in April for #AlphabetSwimming
🏊♀️💙💦
Starting in Scotland with Loch Achray, then on to Cumbria and Yorkshire for Buttermere, Crummockwater, Derwentwater, River Esk (Beggar's Bridge) and Floutern Tarn
Onwards to Letter G...
🏊♀️💙💦
Starting in Scotland with Loch Achray, then on to Cumbria and Yorkshire for Buttermere, Crummockwater, Derwentwater, River Esk (Beggar's Bridge) and Floutern Tarn
Onwards to Letter G...
#AlphabetSwimming continues with more Angus Swim Adventures...
Behind the Blue Door is the River North Esk with beautiful pools and gorges - perfect for swimming the Letter N 🏊♀️🍃💙
Behind the Blue Door is the River North Esk with beautiful pools and gorges - perfect for swimming the Letter N 🏊♀️🍃💙
July 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
#AlphabetSwimming continues with more Angus Swim Adventures...
Behind the Blue Door is the River North Esk with beautiful pools and gorges - perfect for swimming the Letter N 🏊♀️🍃💙
Behind the Blue Door is the River North Esk with beautiful pools and gorges - perfect for swimming the Letter N 🏊♀️🍃💙
Splendid swim-hike collecting two Letter S swims:
Styhead Tarn and Sprinkling Tarn
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Stunning views from the water of Great Gable and Great End with cloud swirling around the tops
This will probably be my highest Alphabet Swim at 1970' (600m)
Styhead Tarn and Sprinkling Tarn
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Stunning views from the water of Great Gable and Great End with cloud swirling around the tops
This will probably be my highest Alphabet Swim at 1970' (600m)
July 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Splendid swim-hike collecting two Letter S swims:
Styhead Tarn and Sprinkling Tarn
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Stunning views from the water of Great Gable and Great End with cloud swirling around the tops
This will probably be my highest Alphabet Swim at 1970' (600m)
Styhead Tarn and Sprinkling Tarn
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Stunning views from the water of Great Gable and Great End with cloud swirling around the tops
This will probably be my highest Alphabet Swim at 1970' (600m)
A double AA start as swim in Loch Achray was followed by a lovely bimble up Ben A'an
#AlphabetSwimming
#AlphabetSwimming
April 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
A double AA start as swim in Loch Achray was followed by a lovely bimble up Ben A'an
#AlphabetSwimming
#AlphabetSwimming
Wow! An amazing swim for Letter M of #AlphabetSwimming
Along the cliffs from Arbroath, swimming from the Mermaid's Kirk through the 200 foot sea cave tunnel and out to the sea 🧜♀️🌊💙
Along the cliffs from Arbroath, swimming from the Mermaid's Kirk through the 200 foot sea cave tunnel and out to the sea 🧜♀️🌊💙
June 30, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Wow! An amazing swim for Letter M of #AlphabetSwimming
Along the cliffs from Arbroath, swimming from the Mermaid's Kirk through the 200 foot sea cave tunnel and out to the sea 🧜♀️🌊💙
Along the cliffs from Arbroath, swimming from the Mermaid's Kirk through the 200 foot sea cave tunnel and out to the sea 🧜♀️🌊💙
Letter X has now been well swum with 'X marks the spot' swims
As we swam up the Fife coast there was an X in St Monans windmill, on the harbour at Crail, and we made our own at Cellardyke
Rachael exceeded her brief when I asked for an 'X marks the spot' swim!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️🌊💙
As we swam up the Fife coast there was an X in St Monans windmill, on the harbour at Crail, and we made our own at Cellardyke
Rachael exceeded her brief when I asked for an 'X marks the spot' swim!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️🌊💙
September 25, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Letter X has now been well swum with 'X marks the spot' swims
As we swam up the Fife coast there was an X in St Monans windmill, on the harbour at Crail, and we made our own at Cellardyke
Rachael exceeded her brief when I asked for an 'X marks the spot' swim!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️🌊💙
As we swam up the Fife coast there was an X in St Monans windmill, on the harbour at Crail, and we made our own at Cellardyke
Rachael exceeded her brief when I asked for an 'X marks the spot' swim!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️🌊💙
Fresh-n-salty:
A Fife trio for letters O, P and R
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Loch Ore
Pittenweem tidal pool
Ruby Bay, Elie
...and a bonus Scottie painted with swimmers!
The biggest surprise of the day was being buzzed by a seaplane 😲
A Fife trio for letters O, P and R
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Loch Ore
Pittenweem tidal pool
Ruby Bay, Elie
...and a bonus Scottie painted with swimmers!
The biggest surprise of the day was being buzzed by a seaplane 😲
July 16, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Fresh-n-salty:
A Fife trio for letters O, P and R
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Loch Ore
Pittenweem tidal pool
Ruby Bay, Elie
...and a bonus Scottie painted with swimmers!
The biggest surprise of the day was being buzzed by a seaplane 😲
A Fife trio for letters O, P and R
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Loch Ore
Pittenweem tidal pool
Ruby Bay, Elie
...and a bonus Scottie painted with swimmers!
The biggest surprise of the day was being buzzed by a seaplane 😲
...and that's the first half of the alphabet swum between April and June - a delightful mix of lochs, lakes, tarns, river, outdoor pools, waterfalls and sea swim
Here's A-K
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙
...pics from the Mermaid's Kirk posted yesterday
Here's A-K
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙
...pics from the Mermaid's Kirk posted yesterday
July 1, 2026 at 12:13 PM
...and that's the first half of the alphabet swum between April and June - a delightful mix of lochs, lakes, tarns, river, outdoor pools, waterfalls and sea swim
Here's A-K
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙
...pics from the Mermaid's Kirk posted yesterday
Here's A-K
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💙
...pics from the Mermaid's Kirk posted yesterday
First attempt at Letter X
= partial success, mostly fail!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Meeting of the Three Waters in Glencoe forms the perfect geographical letter X
Unfortunately, couldn't find safe way to scramble down, so settled for a dip in one of the pools above the confluence
= partial success, mostly fail!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Meeting of the Three Waters in Glencoe forms the perfect geographical letter X
Unfortunately, couldn't find safe way to scramble down, so settled for a dip in one of the pools above the confluence
August 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
First attempt at Letter X
= partial success, mostly fail!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Meeting of the Three Waters in Glencoe forms the perfect geographical letter X
Unfortunately, couldn't find safe way to scramble down, so settled for a dip in one of the pools above the confluence
= partial success, mostly fail!
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
Meeting of the Three Waters in Glencoe forms the perfect geographical letter X
Unfortunately, couldn't find safe way to scramble down, so settled for a dip in one of the pools above the confluence
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦 for a good cause
Seeing as I'm home and have nothing to do for the next month, I've set myself a challenge.
Can you help me raise some money? I'm going to swim the alphabet for Doddie Aid.
Hat tip to @brew-with-view.bsky.social for the idea.
www.justgiving.com/page/sheila-...
Can you help me raise some money? I'm going to swim the alphabet for Doddie Aid.
Hat tip to @brew-with-view.bsky.social for the idea.
www.justgiving.com/page/sheila-...
Sheila's fundraiser for My Name'5 Doddie Foundation
Help Sheila Ritchie raise money to support My Name'5 Doddie Foundation
www.justgiving.com
May 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦 for a good cause
Letter W = Windermere
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
...and a new game of Spot-the-Swimmer!
Perfectly camouflaged with the marker buoys, I'm the yellow blob on the left 😆
Next time I'll use my blue or orange towfloat
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
...and a new game of Spot-the-Swimmer!
Perfectly camouflaged with the marker buoys, I'm the yellow blob on the left 😆
Next time I'll use my blue or orange towfloat
August 23, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Letter W = Windermere
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
...and a new game of Spot-the-Swimmer!
Perfectly camouflaged with the marker buoys, I'm the yellow blob on the left 😆
Next time I'll use my blue or orange towfloat
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
...and a new game of Spot-the-Swimmer!
Perfectly camouflaged with the marker buoys, I'm the yellow blob on the left 😆
Next time I'll use my blue or orange towfloat
...and where's Q?
It's not forgotten: I granted myself a 'skip-n-return' on grounds of geographical logistics...my first 'pass' from swimming the letters in order
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
It's not forgotten: I granted myself a 'skip-n-return' on grounds of geographical logistics...my first 'pass' from swimming the letters in order
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
July 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
...and where's Q?
It's not forgotten: I granted myself a 'skip-n-return' on grounds of geographical logistics...my first 'pass' from swimming the letters in order
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦
It's not forgotten: I granted myself a 'skip-n-return' on grounds of geographical logistics...my first 'pass' from swimming the letters in order
#AlphabetSwimming 🏊♀️💦