We swam Durdle Door to Lulworth Cove via Stair Hole

[@dorothymullaney9494]

Thank you for these wonderful videos you post. This makes me happy!

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

You’re so welcome Dorothy, thanks for joining me 🏊‍♀️😀

[@begun65vdal5]

Thank you for having us participate in your adventure. What a nice place and soooo lovely water😍 And of course the skate board was fun, except your fall in the beginning...

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

It’s a really famous landmark and when the water is flat with no wind the visibility is great 🤩🏊‍♀️

[@marycharlebois6627]

Impressive… yes!! Everything is stellar, from the geology and the geography to the freestyle one-wheel dismount in the intro 😂. Love the videography and the clear aquamarine colour of the water… it felt as if I was swimming right along with you gals. What an epic adventure, and camping the night before too… such fun!! One thing I learned from this video is in relation to your buddy, Sarah’s, skull cap. I, too, have long hair and I am now inspired to look online for a skull cap (like Sarah’s) that encapsulates the whole mess (my mess, that is, not Sarah’s). PS - We have lots of great swim options here in the PNW (🇨🇦)… when my province is not on fire 🔥 or parched under the 50 degree scorching sun 🥵 or battling a pandemic (gee, this sounds like such a great place) you’ll have to come for a visit and take in some awesome swim adventures in the rivers, lakes, and oceans. PPS - stay vertical… being upright is where it’s at (when one is not in the water). Thanks for the adventure, this was sooo worth the wait.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Hi Mary, I'm glad you enjoyed joining us. What flavour icecream wuld you have had? The hat Sarah is wearing was one that was sold for charity by a woman in Auz doing a swimming fundraiser and I loved the design. I think Swim Secure make swim hats for people with lots of hair/larger heads, you might find one that suits you there: swimsecure.co.uk/collections/accessories/products/swim-secure-larger-silicone-swim-hat I will definetly come for a visit to check out your awesome rivers, lakes and the ocean once we are able to get on a plane without wondering if we'll be alowed on one to come back again! 🏊😃

[@TTSW_YT]

Wow your such a just genuine nice person I made the same swim today thought I’d see if anybody else had done it and came across your channel 😊

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

I bet that was a beauty of a swim today! Did you go in the thin cave at Stair Hole too?

[@TTSW_YT]

@@EverydayAthleteRach I did what a absolute thrilling adventure I had been durdle door before but never to stair hole so for a first time makes it all better x

[@mrstiggywinkle]

Perect conditions 😍 beautiful swim, thanks for taking us with you. Xx

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Thanks for joining us. Light Northerly winds at 10am on a mid-week, out of school holiday time gave us the few people.

[@frankiewrigley9148]

Genuinely so grateful you didnt edit out that fall!! This video made my week significantly better so thank you! The sounds on that swim are the most soothing asmr! Cant wait for a dip this weekend! 💙💙

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

I'm pleased you liked the comedy moment at the start. I like my videos to come across as the real me, so I couldn't then edit it out for a smoother entrance. Besides, I was still laughing.I hope you got your weekend dip! 🏊😃

[@nickybolt9809]

Amazing! thanks for this fab vid. It looked lush.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Glad you enjoyed it, it was a corker! ANywhere along that part of the coast is stunning and there are so many spots to choose from.

[@lisastokes1721]

Oh my!! Lovely swimming but very impressive on the one wheel 😂

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Did you know I do all my own stunts? 😜

[@paulinew8680]

I’ve swam through the door and round to Man o War but it was a bit choppy. You had such a lovely flat day. I will definitely do the whole stretch next time. Thanks for the tide info.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

It was northerly very light winds. I wouldn’t do it if any wind. Another short hop would be Stair Hole to Lulworth Cove.

[@self-propelledfun]

Great video Rach! I’ve run that coastline path during races and agree it’s steep! Great shots in the sea underwater, love it!

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Awesome! Thank you! Wowzers though, running the coastline would be for an endurance athlete! Would rather swim the whole coastline!

[@heather6264]

Best intro ever, I nearly cried laughing but I do hope you were okay. I just booked our family holiday to Durdle Door last week! I am sooooo excited and even more so after watching your wonderful video. Thank you 🙏

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Thanks for the concern, I’m fine and dandy! You’ll have a peach of a time. Man o War Cove has beautiful Sandy beaches and so much to look at under water too.

[@swiminthesea6391]

What a spectacular beginning to a video! But the swim was even more spectacular. I loved that incredibly clear water. I was definitely worth waiting for this video. Thanks. Hopefully I'll get to do some adventurous and beautiful swims like this in the near future.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

It was a fun one to film we had a cracking time. We actually camped locally and had a 24H mini adventure. I highly recommend it!

[@BarnsleyBob]

What an awesome swim! Definitely one to put on the list of 'to do'. 😁

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

It’s a bucket-lister!

[@deshifoodbykeya]

Amazing share

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@jaynelawrence-winch5752]

Looks absolutely brilliant and it is somewhere I have always wanted to swim. However, I have mobility issues so sadly this is no longer an area that is accessible to me. So it was lovely to see. Thanks Rachel.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

There are trip boats which go out so perhaps accessing it from one of them is an option? Also getting in at Lulworth Cove and swimming around to Stairhole might be a possibility for you 🏊‍♀️😀

[@treadsintrails2159]

Hi i just wanted to say. Great videos and this one was a superb fun inspiring adventure. I’m no stranger to swimming indoors but I’ve Recently only just got into open water swimming and your knowledge and experience is helping me learn to be safe & confident in open water. Love it! I should of done this years ago.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Awesome! Thank you! It's great to hear when a video has been helpful. Enjoy the water!

[@Jellyfish_Openwaterswim]

Awesome and lovely video as always.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Thank you 🏊‍♀️😀

[@deborahrosa123]

Wow. Amazing swim! I was surprised how clear the water was.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

It’s very clear when there is little wind. A stunning location for a swim.

[@gretelstonebridge2323]

Stunning scenery and yes! Geology and coastal landforms come to life. I can't recommend anything in England but there's a lovely bay on Gigha island on west coast of Scotland with views of the Paps of Jura. Sea also very blue...

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

I can’t wait to make it up to the Western Isles for some swimming. Thanks for the recommendation 🏊‍♀️😀

[@lelanixon3248]

So very cool! Would love to do that swim!

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

There’s a company which organises swims called Swim the Jurassic Coast if you’re looking to do it and wanted the confidence of a group.

[@user-iu1jf4hp7g]

you have a new subscriber I love your video ❣️

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Thanks for subbing! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@justmeLauraABC]

Love the video, Rachael! Really enjoyable. I hope you’re okay after your fall. I’ve fallen off a skateboard a few times myself. Take care and looking forward to more content :)

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Haha. I’m fine, thanks for the concern though. Just after that I learned of a more controlled dismount, but didn’t reshoot as I liked the authenticity of it 😆

[@nafsiyahez5699]

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[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Saya senang Anda menikmati videonya. Selamat datang di saluran saya! 🏊😃

[@smudgy264]

Would love to swim this. The water visibility is great too

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

It was good visibility, but I’ve seen better. There is a company called swim the Jurassic coast which organises swims here too.

[@WildSwimmingwithChristine]

I'd love to swim at Durdle Door, need to plan a holiday there. Those rocks looked amazing, and how clean did the water look?! I'm not the strongest of swimmers so think I'd just swim through the arch and back again. Looked a nice walk too. :)

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

In and around Durdle Door and Lulwoth there's lots of swimmy opportunities and you don't have to be a really strong swimmer for many of them. There are plenty of campsites and accommodation locally, so it should be pretty easy to set up. Enjoy!

[@tomscott1435]

Well done for another great video. I have a request for a future video. Can you give us some advice on taking swimming duration and distance 'up to the next level'? For example, I am finding it difficult to swim for longer than one hour (just under 3km). I want to increase this, but I start to get cramps, and my energy level drops. You mentioned previously that you are training for a 10km swim... How do you do this? Do you eat/drink along the way? How did you increase your swimming times? Many thanks!

[@marycharlebois6627]

Hi Tom… Excellent request for a video topic. I, too, would love to learn more about increasing one’s swimming duration and distance as I, too, seem to hit a wall at about an hour. I am soon to be 58 and I sometimes have a problem with leg and/or foot cramps. This is not a huge problem when it happens on land, but it is very scary when it happens in the water. I find it happens more frequently when the water is cold, and since I am from the PNW (🇨🇦), cold water is definitely a thing. I did some research and also talked to the owner of my local health food store who is also in her mid-fifties. The info that I studied has encouraged me to start taking Magnesium supplements which is recommended for muscle/nerve function (specifically cramping). It has helped reduce cramps immensely… I haven’t had any cramps since I started using it. I increased the amount of Magnesium in my diet by taking in natural food sources of Magnesium (I am a plant-based eater) but I also take 300mg/day as a powder in my drinking water. It’s blueberry flavoured and is quite tasty so I have no problems taking it. I don’t know if this is helpful info to you, but it has TOTALLY changed my swimming experience since I no longer swim in fear of painful cramps happening when I am in the water. Have a great day 😎

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Great suggestion! I'll have a think about what I could put together on this. Watch this space, but don't hold your breath!

[@tomscott1435]

@@EverydayAthleteRach Don´t worry.... I can hold my breath for ages!

[@tomscott1435]

@@marycharlebois6627 Thanks for the magnesium tip. I will give it a try.

[@MD-ok2oo]

Your intro 🤣🤣❤️❤️

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Couldn’t edit that out!

[@Socialembers]

I enjoyed seeing a bit of familiar coastline. I was interested that you said it became a bit warmer as you entered Lulworth Cove. As this area will start to become very busy during August, I am going to try and find some inland places to swim in Dorset. If you or any of your followers have any suggestions of places to try I would love to hear from you. Thank you. Sandy

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

I like the River Stour in Christchurch (Illford Bridge to Tuckton, or the other way around, tide dependent).

[@karenbrine7731]

Wow! Loved this! Was it wrong to laugh at the opening sequence?! Hope you didn’t hurt yourself! The swim looked glorious. Stunningly beautiful. I am going to work towards replicating it next year. Need more practice sea swimming first. Thanks for the tips. I did a 3 river swim on Friday in The Nene, The Great Ouse & The Cam with @TheDipAdvisor it was a lot of fun.

[@racheltree7533]

What a really lovely swim! I'd love to do that but need more experience & tbh a swim buddy. Also, I am a sucker for rum 'n raisin ice cream so that'd be my choice!

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

That sounds like a busy day, you must have really seen the sights! I bet it was a corker! Fine to laugh at the start, I did, that's why I left it in!

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

You sure get a lot of it, so it better taste good!

[@debbiebanks8766]

Fab. How long did the swim take ? And how long before high ?

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

I can’t quite remember how long it too but I mention it at the end of the video, we aimed to arrive at Lulworth Cove before high water.

[@arilebon]

Beautiful -- what's the water temperute?

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

I don’t know. I forgot to set my watch to record and that’s how I pick up temp. I’d say around 14 degrees at a guess as it’s deep sea

[@andrewrosser7782]

What time of day did you go? Looks so quiet

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

We were on Durdle Door beach at 10am on a week day

[@andrewrosser7782]

Looks like a lovely swim. Thanks for highlighting

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Swimming here is all about having no wind and swimming with the tide.

[@andrewrosser7782]

@@EverydayAthleteRach Looked like the perfect day for it. Did you go just after high tide?

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

@@andrewrosser7782 no we started about 2 hours before high tide Lulworth. Aiming to get to LC by high water.

[@ATTIBUTT]

i thought you said ur feeling cold :);) and ice cream 😂

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

We were getting a bit chilly in the water, but once in the sunshine, and after having some warm lunch, and ice cream was just the ticket!

[@gretelstonebridge2323]

Last time I swam at Tayinloan in May and I think a seal rubbed against my wetsuit twice!

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Waaaaaaaaaaa! Crazy times. I might have swallowed the whole sea if that had happened to me!

[@gretelstonebridge2323]

@@EverydayAthleteRach I was scared

[@juliedrakeArtist]

Hi Rach, I hope you don't mind me saying but you look like you've lost alot of weight recently. Have you found that you get colder without the 'bioprene' as you called it once 😆 I'm only asking because i'm a similar weight and size as you used to be and always wonder if my fat keeps me warmer for longer but I also feel it takes me ages to warm up if I get too cold. Did you lose the weight intentionally and if so how have you done it? I'm sixty now and find it so difficult to lose any weight at all. By the way I love your channel and the info is amazing for any outdoor swimmer. Thank you for giving such valuable advice and keeping us all safe in the water.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Thanks Julie, yes I’ve lost almost 3 stone since January. I’ve been using the NHS weight-loss app on my phone. It was really easy to do. In losing the weight I’ve lost a lot of my tolerance to the cold so haven’t been able to do my long training swims without a wetsuit yet. I’m hopeful I can rebuild the tolerance to the cooler temperature because I can’t be bothered to deal with my wetsuit - washing and drying etc, although it does feel warm on me!

[@marycharlebois6627]

Great Comment Julie… I, too, have noticed how fit and trim Rachel has been looking these past few months. Very inspiring. I hope you are having a great day… greetings to you from 🇨🇦😎

[@marycharlebois6627]

@@EverydayAthleteRach You’re looking fit and trim Rachel. Very inspiring. I’ll bet you’re feeling groovy!!

[@juliedrakeArtist]

@@EverydayAthleteRach Wow, that's amazing losing that much weight since January. You look lovely but you looked lovely before too! I'm going to have a look at the NHS app as I want to lose weight so I can be more agile for sea kayaking. I live in Pembrokeshire and we have amazing beaches and coastline here. It's the birthplace of coasteering too!

[@juliedrakeArtist]

@@marycharlebois6627 Hi Mary, I would love to come to your neck of the woods. Always wanted to go sea kayaking in British Columbia.

[@pjchosen]

How did you manage to go there on such a lovely day and find the place virtually deserted?! I have to say though that apart from the cold, you make no mention of how potentially dangerous this was. There was no swell out there (quite rare) and perhaps you should have warned people about this, as the open sea is vastly different from the calm bay, and you wouldn't want amateurs trying this.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Hi Peter, we picked the day with low northerly winds and had researched the time to do it, going with the tide from DD to LC. Had it been anything other than flat calm we would have just dipped. It wasn’t an instructional video, just a swim along. There is a company called Jurassic Swims which organises swims along this part of the coast which people could do if they wanted too.

[@pjchosen]

@@EverydayAthleteRach thanks for your reply. I just thought I'd mention safety there because it was lacking in your video and many people have watched it and commented that they would like to do the swim. But even swimming out to the deep cold water by the door, and especially feeling the swell the other side, can be dangerous.

[@patriciapowers3751]

How lovely to swim in such clean water. Ours is just brown. Awful.

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

It is a beautiful bit of coastline and the water is mostly very clear in this area. It 's such a gift to get into such lovely water. I hope you are keeping fit and well Pat 🏊😃

[@rishidilchand9092]

If there are seals then there must be sharks

[@GLENFIDDICH-ol2vq]

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[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Looks like you didn't quite have the weather that we did!

[@johnclowes4531]

mermaiding next

[@EverydayAthleteRach]

Not so sure about the mermaiding. I don't like the idea of my legs being attached together. Have you had a go?

[@GLENFIDDICH-ol2vq]

Amazing share