YHA Helvelyn: Ullswater Swims Have No Synonyms

<p>We're still in the Lake District, and hunkering down on a wet afternoon at YHA Helvelyn, one of the many youth hostels run by that fantastic organisation. As the rain fell, I sat down with Amy McGuire, one of the amazing staff there. </p><p>When she isn't in the hills, Amy is a Bicentenary Fellow in Geography at the University of Manchester, and is a passionate advocate of getting outside.</p><p>Find out more from Amy<a href="https://amy-mcg.github.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> here</a> and book your next outdoor adventure at a YHA <a href="https://www.yha.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>. Be in touch with me, with all your ideas and to help me hike up more hills, comedic or otherwise. All that ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://linktr.ee/ronnigurwicz" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. </p><p>Thank you to all the supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack.</p><p>The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth. </p><p>Buy your physical or digital copy ⁠⁠<a href="https://ronnigurwicz.com/the-world-is-storytelling/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">today</a>⁠⁠!</p>