The water has to be below 5C and you have to swim one mile while under supervision and only wearing a swimming costume, a pair of goggles and a swimming hat. It’s not the first thing most people would ...

Earlier this year, a single mum from Wales pulled off an incredible extreme sports challenge and recorded a world first. Now a brand new BBC Wales documentary, The Merthyr Mermaid, tells the story for ...

Cath Pendleton is an NHS worker from Merthyr Tydfil. She's also known as The Merthyr Mermaid and is the subject of a BBC Wales documentary which airs on Monday, December 14. Cath's impressive feat is ...

While most of us pine for sunshine, Cath Pendleton finds the summer months a constant source of angst. For the NHS worker from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is the unlikely holder of a world record for ...

People attempt to get to their happy place in a variety of ways. For some it’s yoga, others might meditate. Not many however would find their ‘reset’ by jumping into an ice filled paddling pool of ...

Our Lives returns for a brand new series about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. BBC Wales' documentary, The Merthyr Mermaid, will be the first programme in the series, telling the story of ...

I am by no means an athlete or fast swimmer. I’m just someone who fell in love with ice swimming and has been addicted ever since and super lucky chasing her dreams. — Cath Pendleton Cath Pendleton, ...