Women Who Travel Podcast: Getting Hooked on Wild Swimming in Britain
19.07.2023 - 09:43
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It’s summer, which means we're grabbing every chance there is to hit the beach or dive into a hotel swimming pool. But some travelers are a little more intrepid, plunging into wild, frigid waters for all sorts of reasons. To find out why, Lale chats with writer and wild swimmer Freya Bromley about her recent memoir The Tidal Year and catches up with friend of the podcast and author Dorthe Nors, who lives on a remote part of Denmark’s west coast.
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Lale Arikoglu: Hello. I'm Lale Arikoglu, with another episode of Women Who Travel. Who doesn't look forward to summer swimming? At the beach, in lakes, and outdoor swimming pools. But our guests today are more intrepid, and plunge into frigid temperatures for all manner of reasons. Later, we'll hear from author Dorthe Nors, who lives on a remote part of Denmark's west coast, about her relationship to the water. But first, an author and podcaster who made it her mission to swim in every tidal pool in Britain over the course of a year.
Freya Bromley: Cold water swimming gives you an amazing mental clarity that I had not been able to get through running, mindfulness, meditation, yoga. And certainly I found this thing that was able to deliver me a little bit of peace and quiet from my grief. When you get in a pool, whether that's the sea, a tidal pool, a swimming pool, you can have a splash around, and be a child. And that's amazing, and that's beautiful and all of us need to do that more.