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Fire & Ice - The Practice of Sauna & Cold Water Immersion (Netty Sopata & Norma MacLeod)
Immersion in cold water is something that many of you reading this will be acquainted with. If you are, then you know how it makes you...
Immerse Hebrides Ltd
Feb 18, 20247 min read
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Night Swimming by Netty Sopata (guest blogger)
The shortest day may have passed, but as the festive season comes to an end and the majority of us cold water swimmers head back to work,...
nettysopata
Jan 2, 20245 min read
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The Colder the Better - But how to Begin ?
As we delve further into winter, the outdoor water temperatures within and surrounding rural and city environments fall, yet, the...
nettysopata
Dec 3, 202310 min read
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Swimming Through Cancer - World Cancer Day 2022
It's World Cancer Day and while this is nothing to celebrate I hope my blog can help those diagnosed with cancer and their carers know...
Norma MacLeod
Feb 4, 20228 min read
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Taking Chances (some musings about life and outdoor swimming) by Norma MacLeod
I have never lived vicariously through the life of another. In my first week of primary school, I was at the headteacher’s office having...
Norma MacLeod
Jul 31, 20216 min read
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Dying to swim
‘The sense of immersing your body into an unnatural environment where you are the guest, in a world you know little about....’
Norma MacLeod
Sep 25, 20205 min read
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