Recent adventures and cold water swims
![Rockpool in Penwith](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/0834/1943/files/97940085-80EE-40AB-8C0B-7D7387B35515_480x480.jpg?v=1679772775)
It’s been lovely to see the beginnings of spring and I have been making sure to get out and into the water as much as possible.
![Jacqueline Wild wearing a bobble hat after getting into a Rockpool](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/0834/1943/files/F0E010F3-56CA-4ED2-91F8-2ADAA0858EB4_480x480.jpg?v=1679772877)
This was the first time that I had made it down to this natural pool to find it deep enough to get into. It’s a bit of a walk to get to and the parking is restricted so it’s a bit of a gamble as to whether you will find a decent pool or not. I think that I have finally worked out what part of the tide to get there for though and I hope that this is the first of many adventures here.
![Bare legs floating in a blue green tidal pool](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/0834/1943/files/2824893C-ECD3-4C3D-8ACE-893B59979138_480x480.jpg?v=1679772921)
![Beautiful Cornish tidal pool](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/0834/1943/files/3EE03092-09E2-4950-B4DC-4FB45A7DE39F_480x480.jpg?v=1679772936)
It was really magical to get in here! The colours are something else and it was like being in a dream.
![Gorse flowers and a large pond filled with budding flowers](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/0834/1943/files/089A8326-24D9-4188-BDB6-4B2BCEEA5C6F_480x480.jpg?v=1679772895)
My husband cycles around the moors regularly and he took a photo of these water flowers about to bloom and so I couldn’t resist going to check them out for myself.
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The water was so beautiful and clear.
![Underwater image of plant life](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/0834/1943/files/F986CB7C-9CDE-4901-B074-EEFD9547B599_480x480.jpg?v=1679772973)
The light and the colours invited me in and so I stripped of to my undies and had a little dip!
![Water lily](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/0834/1943/files/77E83C3A-E97F-42F4-8FF4-5FBCDB5AA150_480x480.jpg?v=1679773595)
I’m used to getting into the water with a 2mm swim jacket and so it was a fair bit colder than what I am used to. It felt great to be in and absolutely magical to swim with all these flowers around - it was like being in a Monet painting.
It felt really special to have the hooting cairn in the background with a buzzard flying overhead. Wild and ancient.