My adventurous heart tends to be drawn to the rugged and remote mountainous areas of Scotland. I’ve been a hill walker for a few years now and since setting up my own walking group ‘Iona’s Adventures’ on Facebook last summer I’ve been organising hikes all around the country. Most importantly I’m ...

Many of us who swim do it for a variety of reasons. I swim because I love it, it's been a fundamental part of my life from an early age.  Swimming has given me different experiences at different stages. It helps me navigate through life.    In January 2011 my husband and I (and the rest of our fa...

At Selkie we welcome and value feedback and pride ourselves on listening to the comments we receive about our products. And, wherever possible, we embrace suggestions on how we can improve our range of swimwear, clothing, and accessories to make sure it meets the needs of our community. Over the ...

Let’s rewind to one summer ago, when I found myself in mid-July, on crutches, non load-bearing for the next 10 months, with a heavily bandaged knee in a Robocop style knee brace ; not the sort of circumstances I tend to welcome, even if the last few years had given me plenty of crutch practice… S...

Failure is a dirty word, but should be embraced. Much more is learned from failure of systems than from success. The key to a success is, in my humble opinion, choosing when and where that failure can happen: Preferably not on the day of a big swim (­Failure), but in training, when failure should...

I am an open water swimmer with many successful swims under my belt – but no DNF (Did not finish) to my name yet – although I have come close on a couple of occasions. In my ‘spare time’ I work in a hospital and help teach ‘non technical’ skills such as communication, teamwork and mental biases. ...