Wetsuit vs. Cozzie
A lot of people around these parts have embraced the 365 Sea Swim Challenge. They’re brave souls raising money for charity who swim in the wild every day in all weathers wearing nigh on what nature blessed them with. Oh…
Lovely Grey Day ... Revisited
Living in the realm of curiosity
Lovely Grey Day ... Revisited
Living in the realm of curiosity
Category Wild Swimming
An Alternative Student Life in Cardiff
Back at the end of last summer my son Louis decided that he didn’t want to go to university to study engineering after all. He’s been scratching his head thinking about what he’s going to do instead. He continued working…
Winter Swimming
We went to Cornwall at the weekend, staying with a bunch of friends in the Youth Hostel at St Just right down near Land’s End. It’s a regular January event notwithstanding global pandemics. You can hire whole places for a…
Cormorants
I’ve been researching shags at the moment. Oh okay, I’ve only said this for childish comedic effect. To puzzled non Brits who may be scratching their heads, a ‘shag’ is a slang phrase for making the beast with two backs,…
Trapped
My November swim is done and dusted but I got trapped and nearly came a cropper. That’s in spite of being wary in and on the water. I’ve got a healthy respect for the waves, checking weather conditions and sea…
International Appalachian Trail
In 1997 I spent two months walking on the original Appalachian Trail from its Southern terminus in Georgia to somewhere in Virginia. And then my fellow thru-hiker, my ex-husband, broke a bone in his foot so that put pay to…