We smashed the ice with a sledgehammer on a lochan in the Cairngorms and swam in the hole we created, jumped into waterfalls in Skye and discovered healing pools used for centuries in old Scots folklore.
My friend Vicky and I collated these stories and along with input and advice from experts, we have written a book about these amazing people. Everyone I met had a wonderful story to tell, and most come to the water for some sort of healing, they told me stories of grief, depression, anxiety, PTSD, body confidence issues, chronic pain and more and how the water helps so much with these issues.