Welcome to our webpage. We are a friendly group of wild swimmers based around the Barcraigs reservoir in Renfrewshire. If you’d like to swim with us, you’ll be very welcome. Just drop us a note and we’ll add you to our WhatsApp group. 
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Barcraigs Open Water Swimming Club (BOWS) is a private group of people who share their love of outdoor swimming by swimming with each other, making the swim more sociable for all involved. Participation is always free.

There are risks with outdoor swimming, however, so individuals must be mindful of these risks and the decision to participate in any swim must be taken by the individual swimmer themselves. If a person is in any doubt about the safety of a swim or their ability to complete it, they should not take part. Swimmers must not rely in any way on BOWS or its members for advice or information, including (but not limited to) in relation to participating in swims, and any assessment of liability. BOWS is not able to assume legal responsibility to members or others. All must be solely responsible for making their own assessment as to the risks involved in any particular swim.