Hello and welcome to Wild Wimmin the wild swimming podcast - I’m Laura MacdonaldParalympic gold medal winner(!) Melanie Barratt is a fairly recent convert to swimming outdoors.  Because of her visual impairment (she’s registered blind) she originally thought that swimming in the great outdoors might not be for her, but a friend encouraged her to give it a go and she hasn’t stopped since. She talked me through her first few swim events and the adaptations that she has found to help keep her safe and competitive in the open water. We chat all things Ego Corner, accessibility, kayaking husbands and why it’s sometimes you just have to follow the green lady. You can support the podcast by buying me a ko-fi . You can contribute to my goal of covering production costs and will be helping to shape the future of the podcast.Follow Melaniehttps://www.facebook.com/Against-the-tide-blind-wild-swimming-100249325808066/Kenilworth Lido https://www.restorekenilworthlido.org.ukhttps://www.facebook.com/KenilworthLido Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDUYou can follow Wild Wimmin on Instagram @WildWimminPod and FacebookFollow Laura @The_YellowBrolly on Instagram Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/wildwimmin)