The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- Sarah Marshal
The question is: why? Improving your mental health is one reason — and then there’s the constant fight against expanding waistlines due to box-set binges, takeaway deliveries and too much sitting around engaging in social media.
But taking an ice bath on the Cornish north coast with the soothing words of Sam Boot and his partner Jana Virian in my ears, breathing in and out to a long slow rhythm, something melts. I have the feeling of being in another place.
From Mousehole Harbour, pictured, Hugo sets off for a day of coasteering in the cold sea
Swimmers on Gwithian. Hugo says that he feels ‘refreshed and clear’ after his time in the cold sea
