Welcome to the Dips and Chips Blog. We're Emma O'Brien and Penny Wilkin. 

We're passionate wild swimmers! And we love everything to do with swimming. 

We live in land locked Coventry, a city with not very much water. So we love to escape the concrete to explore the countryside and find some water to swim in. 

We're passionate about swimming and want to share our passion with other people so that more people can share the joy, fun and benefits of wild swimming.  

We're researching swim spots local to where we live and writing "Dips and Chips: An Illustrated guide to Wild Swimming in Central England. 

Emma is an illustrator, artist and maker of monsters  She gets wet whenever she can and draws all of her swims. https://emmajaneobrien.com

Penny works full time on her swim coaching and triathlon coaching business. http://www.youcancoaching.co.uk/

If you have any favourite places to dip you'd like to share then do let us know and you never know you might even get to feature in the book. 

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