What's in the new issue?

Features

• Something to declare! We celebrate 21 years of swimming holidays and find out how they can bring you more joy than ever before. 
• From the Danube to the Jordan and the Dart. Novelist Yaara Lahav Gregory on how rivers and swimming run through her life.
• Continental Divide. Mercedes Gleitze’s historic 1927 Gibraltar Strait crossing.

Training

• Take your front crawl outside. Learn how to adapt your swimming to open water. 
• Paul Newsome, Head Coach at Swim Smooth, tells us how to arrive on the startline of your overseas event in top condition.
• “Help! I had a terrible experience, with body crunching cramp in my calf in deep water.” Find out how to prevent cramp – and what to do if it strikes while you are swimming. 

Interviews

• “I was stuck in the 17th floor of this tower block dreaming of waterfalls.” Daniel Start on the inspiration of his bestselling Wild Things swimming guidebooks. 
• “Water and flood are at the root of so many cultures and religions.” We talk to Gareth E Rees about his new book Sunken Lands, a journey through flooded kingdoms and lost worlds.
• “I zoned out in the last few minutes, just swimming and functioning automatically.” 73-year-old Jerrie Roberts, holder of the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to swim an ice mile.

Gear

• On test this month: open water goggles, prescription goggles and period swimwear. 

Travel

• This month we explore Split in Croatia, Guernsey, Exmoor and North Devon, Loch Linnhe in Scotland – plus, our pick of thermal pools around the world. 

Plus all the regulars, including health news, outdoor swimming news, training, swim locations, technique, travel, event listings, gear news and kit reviews.