Susanne Masters
WILD SWIM ROAD TRIP
Of all the forms that outdoor swimming can take, from open water races to soothing balm for troubled thoughts, my favourite is swimming infused with joie de vivre. In this my most committed companions are Alice, Lucy, Keith and Amanda. By planning six months in advance we found three consecutive nights in July when we were all available for a microadventure to be filled with as much wilderness, giggles and sense of wonder as possible. I’ve had a hankering for swimming in Irish waters for years. My fellow adventurers, or – as Lucy’s mum calls us – “micropeople”, were up for a whistle-stop swimmers’ tour, meandering 500 miles in a loop from Dublin to the south and west coasts.