New tricks

When Covid brought to the surface old wounds, Al Mennie took to the sea – at night – to help cope with the pain. He now uses night swimming to help bring awareness to intergenerational trauma in Northern Ireland, and beyond

Cold water swimmer & cancer survivor

It can lower stress, treat depression and open up a whole new world of outdoor-going opportunities so could you learn to love the cold? We spoke to converts whose lives have been shaped by embracing winter

Come the winter months and triathletes are few and far between at the lake I coach at. It’s understandable too –swimming in colder water is difficult and with time at a premium with three sports to ti

I’d always been a strong person until tragedy rocked my foundations. Could I find my inner warrior queen again?

It was exhilarating. I was exhausted and relieved, as well as in shock but so happy – just grinning from ear to ear,” says Lindsey Walke, after achieving her long-held ambition of swimming the English