“This as an opportunity to do something with my wife, to support her and have a hobby.”Jules, who embraced wild swimming to help soothe peri-menopause symptoms, also thinks it can soothe mid-age marriage blues. It also helped take her mind off her mother’s dementia and the ‘empty nest’ challenge of watching their two sons growing up and moving on, topics that have been touched on during the wild swimming series. You have to be your own counsellor to make yourself better.”Read more:Greg was less enthusiastic: women have tended to lead the way in the wild swimming trend with fewer men prone to take part. “It’s rare when we don’t swim,” adds Jules, currently involved in the revival of classic children's programme, Balamory. “I think we’ll be doing this show when we’re 95.”Jules and Greg’s Wild Swim is a Solus Productions series for BBC Scotland.

Source: The Herald March 01, 2026 18:04 UTC