Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a fan of wild swimming - always looking for the next, exciting wild swimming spot that the rest of the world hasn't yet found. I've just got back from an adventure in the Shetland Islands, a remote archipelago off the northeast coast of Scotland in the UK. My hotel there was in the tiny village of Brae on the mainland (main island) of the Shetland archipelago. It's the most north I've ever been in the UK (it's nearer to Norway than it is to Scotland) and the hotel's fabulous garden overlooked a remote, isolated beach on the Atlantic Ocean. There was NEVER anyone on this beach. Why? Because it's so far north that the water is cold, even midsummer. Its also so far north that it's closer to Bergen in Norway than it is to Edinburgh in Scotland. Nonetheless, I was tempted to try some wild swimming here, because I had the beach - and it also felt like I had the entire Atlantic ocean - to myself, and I wanted to see how cold it was, how nice it was, how clear the water was, if it would feel good, or if it would feel too hypothermic to bear. Watch this video to find out how it went!!!
PS - the Busta House Hotel is a gem. Great food, great location, great beach - the Queen even had tea there in 1960 apparently!! So I was in good hands there if royalty have already given it the thumbs up!!
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[ Ссылка ] (the holiday I went on was an island-hopping walking holiday in the Orkney and Shetland islands, Scotland)

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