For a long time as a society we have needed to recognise that mental health isn’t just something that happens to someone when they’re ill or struggling. It’s part of us every minute of every day, it fluctuates depending on numerous factors from how well you slept the night before to how much stress you’re under at work.
Open water swimming has grown with popularity over this infamous year, swimming is well known for its health benefits but can moving into mother nature’s homemade pool be just as good for our mental health?
On a ship called The Broxbornebury in a London port is Martha Entwhistle, 2 years ago in 1812 she has been given a life sentence for forgery and is now waiting to set sail on a treacherous journey to what must have felt like the end of the earth.