Journal-style reviews of a little project to experience lots of sauna and cold-plunge set ups… in the UK and beyond.
Sauna Stories: A solo yet communal sauna session at Loyly Helsinki – complete with a literal Baltic dip. After a few days of city exploring, forest trails, and three very different sauna experiences in Estonia, I went on the search … Continued
An adventure journal about my experience on the Snow and Saunas in Estonia group trip with Much Better Adventures. In part two of my three‑part Baltic adventure, I pick up right where I left my 36 Hours in Riga journal … Continued
My May journal, I Did and I Didn’t: a month of grief musings, wild weather, quiet weekends, big adventures, and some slow yet active recovery. Some months arrive quietly and some arrive carrying a whole mix of contradictions, and May … Continued
Sauna Stories: Trying out the heat, smoke and folklore of a traditional Estonian smoke sauna. If you’ve been following Sauna Stories, you’ll know this whole series began almost accidentally: one birthday present up in Cumbria, a floating sauna in Oslo, … Continued
Sauna Stories: A sun‑soaked countryside sauna session at Wiltshire Wild Sauna, paired with walks, wildlife and warm company. Next up in my Sauna Stories series is a sun‑soaked Sunday built around a visit to Wiltshire Wild Sauna. After months of … Continued
Sauna Stories: A restorative wild‑swim and sauna session at FLO Wellbeing on the edge of Stowe in Oxfordshire. Sauna Stories continues – and this time we’re much closer to home than the last episode… What began as a gentle nudge … Continued
Sauna Stories: Experiencing the Oslo Floating Sauna life at Oslo Badstuforening Langkaia. This is the one that made me realise I’m a convert. Sauna Stories continues, and this time, we’re in Oslo, where heat and cold aren’t a novelty or … Continued
Sauna Stories: My sauna and cold-plunge experience at The Wild Sauna at Whichford Mill in the Cotswolds. If you’ve been following My Norwegian Christmas Adventure daily vlog series (and if not, why not…?!), or my monthly journals here on Splodz … Continued
There are gifts you unwrap and place on a shelf, and then there are gifts that ask you to step outside, breathe deep, and plunge into something very cold… Fellside Sauna on Derwentwater was the latter; a birthday present … Continued