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Radio 3,11 Mar 2015,15 mins

SeriesSwimming Stories

Marcus O'Dair

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This week, five authors remember a favourite swimming experience: 3. Musician and author Marcus O'Dair dons his wet suit and blazes a trail across blackish Ullswater in the Lake District, thinking of his strokes and other famous swimmers, and his mother swims with him too! Producer Duncan Minshull.

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