Bid to bring back Scotland’s forgotten tidal pools

Efforts are being made to convince a new generation of swimmers to dive into Scotland’s sea pools.

Long before indoor, heated swimming pools, there was a population of resilient souls who learned to swim and then perfect their front crawl in Scotland’s coastal tidal pools.

Eventually, the appeal of warmer waters and sunshine offered by holiday package companies attracted swimmers away. Most all of Scotland’s once-thriving tidal pools were left to the elements and the raging sea to drift into sad decline.