Welcome to the first full episode of The Swim Tribe Podcast. Caroline has a chat with Tom Hawkes who is embarking on his first winter season after being exposed to the delights of winter dips at Tits to the Wind 2019.  It has been a delight chatting to Tom and we talk about experiences of our first winter swimming seasons. We talk about how to embark on starting winter swimming, new friends, old friends, ice cream heads, mental heath, adventures we have been on and the communities that we are part of.  We also discuss three bits of kit that Tom thinks all people who swim outside should invest in.