While the Mermaids have had lots of media coverage across the UK & Ireland over the past while, a blog post with an update from our team...

I am on the riverbank at Aston, a tiny village near Henley, on a sunny Saturday morning. Surrounded by the green of wild hedgerows and...

As well as many lovely articles in the local press, including Henley Standard On Monday evening, we had Lucy from the BBC online and...

Fiona, Susan & Laura joined 11 of their Henley Open Water Swimming Club friends at the Welsh Winter Swim, Lake Padarn, Llanderis,...

3 mermaids made the trip to the very beautiful Bled, in Slovenia this weekend (which happens to be twinned with Henley), and became GB...

We are in the middle of chilly training, and we are certainly getting in the cold water, on average between 3-5 times a week. Since...

We know when winter is setting in properly, as the river temperature drops very quickly, this week it dropped from 8 to 6 degrees - We...

The Channel Relay qualification swim rules state that you need to swim for 2 hours in water under 16, and this has to be signed off by an...

Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, I grew up swimming at Coogee Beach and in the beautiful ocean pools of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. I...

I am a Registered Nurse currently working in the Rapid Access care Unit at  Townlands Hospital.  I love working in my home town and being...

I may as well introduce myself. I come from Henley, and returned here having been to music college in London, where I studied violin,...

Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing my fellow mermaids - first up - Joan Fennelly, our lovely Irish mermaid with endless energy &...

Well, having just got out of the river, which, according to Shiplake Lock was 15.8 degrees I thought it was about time to begin the...