One woman describes her first time at an outdoor mobile sauna in West Cork

Want to feel invigorated, madly alive and have great conversation. Get thee to an outdoor sauna where you can run from 100 degree temperatures to an icy lake or sea, writes Emer Sexton

If you happened to be strolling around Lough Hyne in West Cork in recent weeks you might have seen some red-faced and swimsuit-clad people stepping gingerly across the road before wading (and probably shrieking) into the seasalt lake.

Welcome to Shirley’s mobile sauna, or Bosca Beatha, which was stationed in West Cork for three weeks earlier this year.