A passionate sea swimmer who restricted herself to sunrise or sunset dips for 30 years and was so self-conscious she wore a full-length wetsuit now proudly displays her curves in a bright pink costume to lead a 900-strong women’s open water group.
Busty for her age, a friend’s thoughtless comment about her curves at a pool party on her 15th birthday triggered decades of misery for mum Claire Keable, 48, whose deep-rooted shame about her body meant she was only able to indulge her love of swimming in the sea if she was covered up and away from other people.
