Wild Wimmin

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Welcome to Wild Wimmin the wild swimming podcast, I’m Laura Macdonald

Today on WildWimmin I am Talking to writer and dipper Josie Lloyd. She tells me all about her love of sea swimming in Brighton and…

Today I am chatting with The YouTube star, Every Day Athlete -  Rachel Andrews. We chat everything frequently asked questions, keeping the momentum and how you too are an everyday athlete. 

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Hello and welcome to Wild Wimmin the Wild Swimming podcast I’m Laura Macdonald

Today I’m chatting to the lovely Rob Grey, the creative mind behind the Wild Swim app. Rob is so keen to get people out s…

Hello and welcome to Wild Wimmin the wild swimming podcast, I'm Laura Macdonald

Today I'm chatting to @outdorswimgirl Lousie Studd about getting in the cold water every day in January for the homeless…

Welcome to Wild Wimmin the Wild Swimming Podcast - I'm Laura Macdonald. 

Today I am here to fill your ears with all the hints and tips you could possibly need about wetsuits! Yes, clear out the kit ba…

Hello and welcome to Wild Wimmin the wild swimming podcast, I’m Laura Macdonald. 

Today we have the lovely Susan McKay of Curly Sunami, who is a wild swimmer who is building a business out of her pass…

Hello and welcome to Wild Wimmin the wild swimming podcast - I’m Laura Macdonald

Today I’m chatting with Roxanne Woolcot, an NHS nurse from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, who only took to the sea in Ma…

Hello and welcome to Wild Wimmin the wild swimming podcast - I’m Laura Macdonald

Paralympic gold medal winner(!) Melanie Barratt is a fairly recent convert to swimming outdoors.  Because of her visual…

Welcome to season 2 of Wild Wimmin the wild swimming podcast, I'm Laura Macdonald. 

Today’s Wild Wimmer is Lou Jones, a swimbler and occasional serious swimmer who took her love of outdoor swimming an…

Hello, and welcome to Wild Wimmin the Wild Swimming Podcast,   I’m Laura Macdonald.

Owen Wells is a swimmer, Green town councillor and all round excellent fellow and we chatted back in April about his…

Hello, and welcome to Wild Wimmin the Wild Swimming Podcast, I’m Laura Macdonald. 

Today I am chatting about access rights to waterways in England with the utterly lovely Chantelle Grundy.   She's an …

Hello, and welcome to Wild Wimmin the Wild Swimming Podcast, I’m Laura Macdonald. 

I’ve got a bit of a different episode for you today: two interviews both about the work of the Ilkley Clean River Gro…

Welcome to Wild Wimmin, the Wild Swimming Podcast - I'm Laura Macdonald.

Today I sit down for a natter with athlete, coach and riddle ponderer. We get into her swimming evolution, her epic pier to pie…

Welcome to Wild Wimmin, the Wild Swimming Podcast - I'm Laura Macdonald.

Today I sit down for a natter with Sarah Redman, a new swimmer who has gone from zero to sixty in swimming terms.  We chat abou…

Welcome to Wild Wimmin, the Wild Swimming Podcast - I'm Laura Macdonald.

Today I sit down for a natter with Neil Adams, a high school teacher who has taken his passion for wild swimming into the class…

Welcome to Wild Wimmin, the Wild Swimming Podcast - I'm Laura Macdonald.

Today I sit down (in my wardrobe, because that's how you get to Narnia) with author and sea-swimbler Sarah Kennedy Norquoy. 

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Welcome to Wild Wimmin, the Wild Swimming Podcast - I'm Laura Macdonald.

Today I sit down with Giorgia Cavalli, a new wild swimmer, for a natter about what first prompted her to get her feet wet.  We …

Welcome back to Wild Wimmin, the Wild Swimming Podcast - I'm Laura Macdonald.

Today I sit down with Jude Hunter from the Southside Dippers swimming group to hear all about her experiences helping to s…

Welcome to Wild Wimmin,  the Wild Swimming Podcast - I'm Laura Macdonald.

In this first episode I speak to Chris Sifleet of Inchbaggers Loch Lomond Island Swims about her life in wild swimming. We get…