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With the summer season just around the corner, many of you will be starting to plan your summer holidays away with your family. With six long weeks to keep your children entertained whilst the school doors close for the summer holidays, the perfect way to spend it is to go on a trip with your beloved family. Whether you decide to stay in England at a holiday park or travel abroad for some warm summer sun, you can travel whatever your budget.

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Summer is often associated with swimming as you can go paddling in your local lake, take a dip in the sea or splash around in your hotels outdoor swimming pool. Of course, if you plan on making use swimming facilities either at home or abroad, you must make sure that your children can swim confidently in the water to ensure they can have fun and stay safe during the holidays.

There are plenty of great ways to get your children confident in water. For example, using inflatables such as armbands and rubber rings are an ideal way to allow your children to enjoy the water whilst making sure they are safe from drowning. This way, your children will be able to get confident in the water before removing the inflatables.

We all grow up with a set of ambitions in mind but only a small minority of us will actually fulfil them in our life time. There is no time like the present to strive towards your goals and achieve them by finding the motivation to do so. Whether you are a student, employee or stuck in limbo, there has never been a better time to reach for your dreams. Here are a few tips on helping yourself get closer to fulfilling your ambitions.

The Bucket List

If you haven’t already, make a list of the things you want to achieve and give yourself a deadline to accomplish them. This way you will have a timeframe and will be able to get the ball rolling with the added pressure. Having an organised list will give you the chance to schedule your goals and achieve them one by one. Of course, make sure your goals and time scales are realistic so you can actually accomplish it.

Part of the Team

At first glance this just appears to look like any other digital watch. However upon closer inspection we realise that this could be the best swimming product since the invention of goggles. Garmin have designed this fabulous little swimming aid that can really help to improve your technique and assist your concentration whilst in the water. Garmin swim is a swimming tool that counts the laps you do whilst you concentrate on your strokes and speed. The little accessory has a sleek design which cuts through the water so it won’t slow you down, and you can replace the battery yourself around once a year as per the manufacturer.

Garmin Swim has an easy to use basic interface so anyone can use it. Once on your wrist you simply input the size of the swimming pool your about to use and it automatically calculates the amount of lengths you swim. Also with Garmin swim you can input swimming drills and find out how fast you pace yourself through the water. Another great feature is that Garmin Swim is also a watch and an alarm can be set, and to help you stay motivated it displays your weekly accumulated distance under time of day.