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Make the most of your holiday! Picture the scene…. you’re at your favourite holiday beach location.

Have you heard the one about the male optician who got thrown out of the swimming pool because he didn’t have his glasses on? He didn’t see it was Ladies Night …

A few months ago a friend was telling me how concerned he was about diving with increasingly poor eyesight, to the point where he was thinking of cancelling an upcoming Red Sea trip.

The 18th – 26th June 2016 is Drowning Prevention Week - the national campaign organised by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) to promote water safety messages.

Our parent company, Butterflies Healthcare Ltd were finalists in the recent Cherwell Business Awards 2016 at Begbroke Science Park in Oxfordshire. 

Our optician James this morning talked about National Water Safety Week (6th-10th June) and prescription goggles on the radio with the Swimming Teachers' Association.

Every year, we receive an increase in orders for prescription swimming goggles and diving masks destined to be wrapped and given as Christmas presents.

Monday mornings usually begin with a flurry of emails and calls regarding your weekend prescription goggle orders. Some orders are annotated in the office, others go back and forth to the packing room.

Swimming goggles fog up because of condensation forming on the inside of the lenses. This is either perspiration or water vapour from your skin. Therefore, it is likely to be worse if you are exerting yourself.

Running from 20th – 28th June 2015, Drowning Prevention Week is the national campaign run by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) to promote water safety messages and help reduce incidents of drowning.

Remember, your choice of kit can really influence your enjoyment of this sport. So if you’re looking for some new goggles, here are a few tips to help you find the best pair.

As an optometrist, I am sometimes asked in the consulting room whether peoples eye are ‘generally the same’. This got me thinking about the number of different lenses we use to examine peoples eyes and the possibility that each pair truly is unique.