November 7, 2026 · 6 min
The first swim after the storm
The sea was the colour of slate and I went in anyway, and this is what I found there.
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An essay every Saturday: one swim, one thought and one small thing to notice in your own week.
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Nov 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Skin and the first minute
What the cold does to the body in sixty seconds, and what I have learned to do about it.