Key Stats
📍Location: Nicholaston Beach, Gower. Wales.
🌡Sea Temperature:~15.4°C (seatemperature.info)
⏰️ Time in the water: ~20mins (estimate)
The Story
I was back in my home country Wales this weekend and had managed to find time to go and explore my old stomping grounds. The Gower is where I spent a big chunk of my childhood. Climbing cliffs, crawling into caves and having bonfires on the beach. It’s a beautiful spot that I’m immensely proud of.
I went for a walk through Nicholoston forest and was taken along a route I had not been to before. The path cuts away from the direct sandy route down to the beach and winds through the forest. Before long the trees thin out and you are rewarded with a great view out to Oxwich bay. It’s such a strange feeling to find yourself looking at a place you know so well, but from a perspective, you’ve not experienced before. This vantage point allows you to take in the full beauty of the bay and surrounding fauna.
🏊♂️ Experience
The sea was initially a bit nippy but after my body was acclimatised it was glorious. The waves were pretty choppy but it added to the fun of the swim and made it far easier to just get in!
Wild Swimming Diaries
If I had access to do so, I would aim to swim in the sea every day and observe how the seasons’ change and my body adapts. I’m certain this routine would do wonders for my mental health and day-to-day life.
However, until that time comes, I will do my best to seek out as many opportunities to submerge into the cold wild waters. The Wild Swimming Diaries intend to be a place to keep this commitment in check and hold myself accountable. If they motivate me to enter the water more and inspire at least one other to do the same then they will have been a success.
I will be posting these diary entries as short blog posts. They will aim to contain some consistent metrics as I document my swims throughout the year and as we delve into winter
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