Women Who Travel Podcast: Writer Freya Bromley Talks Wild Swimming, Cornwall, and Puffin Encounters

LA: Is there a lot swimming in it? How a lot does that exercise play a task? It is winter, however by your requirements that should not get in the best way.

FB: Yeah. Exactly. I believe swimming is great in a narrative for actually pushing your characters out of their consolation zone, and what higher method to do it than by plunging into water? There’s a metaphor there for a motive about leaping straight in, proper?

LA: We are knee-deep in summer season proper now, and hopefully everybody listening has managed to hunt out some form of physique of water in the event that they’re within the Northern Hemisphere or the South, provided that I went right into a Peruvian lake just lately. If the concept of untamed swimming has them intrigued, what are your suggestions for locating our bodies of water to I’m going to say dive proper into?

FB: What are my suggestions? I believe positively hunt down native teams. If you are within the UK there’s a corporation referred to as the Bluetits, which you’ll lookup. They have swimming teams everywhere in the nation, however I do know that there is teams all over the place around the globe. It’s a extremely nice method to meet mates. Even in the event you simply flip as much as a seashore or a pool or a pond on the weekend, you are assured to search out folks. My dad and mom stay in Wales within the UK, and there is some mountains there of the Brecon Beacons. If you go to Keepers Pond, which is a mountain pool, each Saturday it is full of individuals swimming regardless of the climate. Definitely hunt down connection, go when different folks could also be round, and be prepared with one thing to share. It’s superb to have a dialog starter if you go swimming.

I wish to convey a flask of espresso, possibly some cake. See in the event you can swap your cake for another person’s espresso. But in addition to being a pleasant method to meet folks, it is also actually good for security. If you will have a little bit of a shock or if issues are too chilly for you, it is nice to have any person who’s on the market taking care of you. One of my prime suggestions is I like to have the ability to press my forefinger in opposition to my thumb. If I really feel like my palms are starting to claw or cramp up, then possibly it is time for me to get out. I even have some little neoprene booties. I do not know in case you have these both, however they assist hold my ft heat. Especially as a result of I often stand within the shallows serious about whether or not I’m going to get in for fairly some time, so it is good for my toes to be cozy.

LA: That’s a very good level. I torture myself when I’m entering into chilly water slightly than simply ripping the plaster off and leaping in. Do you drag it out, it seems like?

FB: I’m the identical. I’m not very assertive. My companion’s nice. He will get straight in no messing about, however I would like everyone to do a countdown for me.

LA: That’s actually reassuring as a result of I additionally… I’m only a wimp, however clearly not. Freya, thanks a lot for coming again on and sharing extra tales of untamed swimming. If folks need to comply with alongside together with your travels and your writing and even pre-order your guide when that comes about, the place can they discover you on the web?

FB: I’d be so comfortable if they might pre-order my guide. You can discover me on Instagram @freybromley the place you’ll find particulars of my writing there. But you can too discover me on Condé Nast Traveler sometimes writing concerning the restorative energy of nature and girls’s journey.

LA: Thank you for listening to Women Who Travel. I’m Lale Arikoglu, and you’ll find me on Instagram @lalehannah. Our engineer is Pran Bandi. Special due to Jake Lummus for engineering help. Our present is blended by Amar Lal at Macrosound. Jude Kampfner is our producer, Stephanie Kariuki, our govt producer, and Chris Bannon is head of Condé Nast Global Audio.