This is a guest post courtesy of Alice. Two years ago, I decided I needed to overcome my fear of water. I’m not entirely sure where it came from; I have memories of an accident when I was younger and I think the resulting fear has been compounded over time. I’ve tried various ways to ‘get over it’ including taking up rowing at university, except I had no issues rowing…because I was in a boat and it’s hard to capsize a four or eight person boat. So, instead, in June 2017, I ga