Wild Wimmin

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 life as an outdoor swimmer and the achievements that he gained in later life. During Lockdown Owen has been swimming in the River Wharfe upstream of Ilkley and so we chatted about his relationship to the river and the really sh**ty problems that bathers, anglers and others who enjoy the river, are encountering with river pollution

I spoke to Owen Wells originally for the episode about the Ilkley Clean River Group and If you want to hear more about their work and the problems with river pollution in the UK then please go back and listen to that episode in full once you're done here. 
 
Just to make those of you with sensitive ears aware there are a couple of sweary moments.

Links:
Ilkley Clean River Group website, Facebook and Instagram.  There is a 'how to' section if you are interested in starting your own campaign.

SurfersAgainstSewage are doing a huge amount of work in this area and their website has a lot of excellent resources as well as links to campaigns with which you can get involved.

Guardian article about the 2020 Environment Agency data on CSO spillages.

The Rivers Trust - Rivers Fit to Swim In and  map of CSO locations

You can support the podcast via Patreon for as little as £3 a month. Patrons will get access to exclusive Wild Wimmin content and (eventually…) merch! You will be helping to shape the future of the podcast.

Please take a minute to like,  subscribe and review. It helps other swimmers to find the podcast. 

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook

Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly on Instagram 

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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 Access & Environment Officer with British Canoeing and very generously agreed to talk Wild Wimmin about the work that she does to bring clarity to the laws on our rights to access the waterways in England through the Clear Access Clear waters campaign.   We chatted about how she got started in the water,  the vagaries of the law, and why it’s so important to put your swim stories and good works on social media. 

You can support the podcast via Patreon for as little as £3 a month. Patrons will get access to exclusive Wild Wimmin content and (eventually…) merch! You will be helping to shape the future of the podcast.

Please take a minute to like,  subscribe and review. It helps other swimmers to find the podcast. 

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook

Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly

Links:

Clear Access Clear Waters - Website, Facebook, sign the petition and paddlecast. 

Rivers Trust Rambling about Rivers Podcast 

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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 Group.  For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, Ilkley is a delightful little Spa town in West Yorkshire in the North of England, and running through Ilkley is the River Wharfe, which runs for 65 miles from its source in the Yorkshire Dales National Park until it joins the river Ouse.

First off today I’m speaking to Karen Shakleton who founded the Ilkley Clean River Group, after witnessing a Combined sewerage outflow in action. I also recorded a chat with swimmer, town councillor and all round excellent fellow Owen Wells about his life as an outdoor swimmer, his relationship to the river and the really shitty problems that bathers are encountering with river pollution.

Links:
Ilkley Clean River Group website, Facebook and Instagram.  There is a 'how to' section if you are interested in starting your own campaign.

SurfersAgainstSewage are doing a huge amount of work in this area and their website has a lot of excellent resources as well as links to campaigns with which you can get involved.

Guardian article about the 2020 Environment Agency data on CSO spillages.

The Rivers Trust - Rivers Fit to Swim In and  map of CSO locations

You can support the podcast via Patreon for as little as £3 a month. Patrons will get access to exclusive Wild Wimmin content and (eventually…) merch! You will be helping to shape the future of the podcast.

Please take a minute to like,  subscribe and review. It helps other swimmers to find the podcast. 

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook

Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly

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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 pier, supportive swimwear and the importance of thinking about food.  

You can follow Jo on Instagram and her website here.

You can support the podcast via Patreon for as little as £3 a month. Patrons will get access to exclusive Wild Wimmin content and (eventually…) merch! You will be helping to shape the future of the podcast.

Please take a minute to like,  subscribe and review. It helps other swimmers to find the podcast. 

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook

Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly

Links:
Edith Parnell

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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 about her reluctant swimming past, to taking the lead and her  sheer enjoyment of the wild spaces around her.

You can follow Sarah on Instagram and if you love the idea of her off grid shepherd's hut you can take a peek here.  

You can support the podcast via Patreon for as little as £3 a month. Patrons will get access to exclusive Wild Wimmin content and (eventually…) merch! You will be helping to shape the future of the podcast.

Please take a minute to like,  subscribe and review. It helps other swimmers to find the podcast. 

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook

Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly

Links:
Open Water Swim Coaching Qualifications
Mental Health Swims

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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 classroom (and beyond). We get into the importance of the proper safety qualifications, the swimming landscape and what must be any swimmer’s dream commute.   You can see some of his photos on the show's Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook. 

You can support the podcast via Patreon for as little as £3 a month. Patrons will get access to exclusive Wild Wimmin content and (eventually…) merch!
 
Please take a minute to like,  subscribe and review. It helps other swimmers to find the podcast. 

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook

Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly

Episode Content Links:
The Midge Forescast
The Lyme Bay Tradgedy
Swimming Through Bern on the Aare River

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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. 

You can follow Sarah on Instagram and her blog. You can buy Salt on my Skin from her website

For more on swimming safety:
https://www.wildswimming.co.uk/
https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/category/survive/

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook
Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly

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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 bonded over the stunning Perthshire countryside, Calum Maclean fandom and ice swimming envy.

You can follow Giorgia's swimming adventures on Instagram @italianwhiskylass

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook
Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly

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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 set up the group, her tips for a quick post swim change, and how wild swimming became her answer to questions about the menopause.

You can find out more about Jude on her blog

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook
Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly

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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 into all things swim safety, channel crossings, goose nurseries and how you too, might bag an inch.

You can find out more info about Inchbaggers here and follow Chris on Instagram and facebook.

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

You can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and Facebook
Follow Laura @The_YellowBrolly and use the #WildWimmin so that I can see all of your amazing wild swimming and Inchbagging antics. 

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