
S1E2 - Wild Swims & Gentle Giants: Adventures in Pembrokeshire
Published: November 11, 2025
Duration: 37:37
In this episode of Great Escapes, Isy Suttie and Dan Skinner head to Pembrokeshire – a place of wild seas, big skies and quietly brilliant people.
Dan takes the plunge with Sian Richardson, founder of the Bluetits Chill Swimmers, for a bracing dip in the Irish Sea. What starts as a mad idea soon turns blissful – proof that a communal winter swim can clear the mind, lift the spirits and make you forget everything (apart from the cold).
Meanwhile, Isy finds warmth of a different kind at Folly Farm, meeting the keepers who care for lions, rhin...