Julia: Wild Sea Swimming at 66

A workaholic with grown-up children, Julia found herself lonely and facing retirement without a plan. Living in Italy, she visited England to see her daughter living in Plymouth and decided to stay, but her first winter saw her hibernating from the cold and she put on 20kg. But now the 66 year old says the sea has become a symbol for her re-invigorated life, after she took up daily cold water swimming at Porthcurno beach, near Penzance – ‘it’s freedom, joy, pleasure’

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2017/feb/13/wild-sea-swimming-in-my-60s-erases-problems-being-child-again-video?CMP