Swimming, Start Ups And Surviving It All…

As Dory says in Finding Nemo, “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming….” And that is exactly what many newcomers to sea swimming are continuing to do, well past the lockdowns and isolation periods of Covid 19. The sea has always been there, the sunrises and […]

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Ripple Effect pic

Just keep Swimming……

I was delighted to feature on Ripple Effect Ireland’s Instagram community page in a feature where they chat to sea swimmers from everywhere. 🙂   How do you feel when you have been for a sea swim? I feel delighted I did it, especially in […]

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Me and the Sea pic

Me and the Sea

My car is promptly parked and I hop out, backpack swung on my back with my flask tucked inside along with my swimming clothes.  The first thing I do is breathe in the fresh air. My ear pods are in and the radio on, I […]

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Hairdressing post

‘Hair’ there and everywhere….

Reluctantly after finishing school at seventeen, I began a hairdressing career. It was 1988.  Although I had already started working part-time at the age of fourteen.  My mother constantly said to us, “You need to have a trade when you leave school.”  My sister had […]

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emoji photo

Emojis or no emojis – that is the question

We know that pictures or images can tell a story without any words and can work very effectively in marketing.  What about emojis? Their origin began in…Yes, Japan, in the 1990s. The images were intended to add another level of self-expression to online subject matter.  […]

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