Tag: wild swimming
Soul Water Sauna hits right note on Porty Beach
Swimmers are lapping up a Finnish-style sauna after plunging into the icy waters on Portobello beach.Soul Water Sauna, located on the Promenade at Bedford Street, is promoting the health benefits of hot and cold...
Spooky swimming at Porty for Halloween
To celebrate a new book about wild swimming, swim fans were encouraged to give their costumes a creepy makeover for a 'Spooktacular Swim' at Portobello Beach on Halloween.The focus for the book is placed...
Soul Water Sauna can hit the right health notes on Porty Prom
Temperatures on Portobello Beach could soar if a bid to operate a mobile sauna gets city council approval. Local resident and wild swimmer Kirsty Carver has applied for licence to locate her wood fired...
Lets go for a n-ice swim . . .
Photographer Greg Macvean took these lovely shots of two swimmers who broke through the ice at Threipmuir Reservoir to get some exercise in the freezing waters.We all need to get out and have...
Dawn’s wild about swimming
Dawn was medically retired at the age of 35, but with support from Edinburgh health and wellbeing charity, Thistle, she has turned the tide.Now Dawn has returned to work as well as realising her...
