{"id":68330,"date":"2024-12-01T21:04:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T21:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=68330"},"modified":"2024-12-11T17:59:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:59:29","slug":"cold-water-swimmers-find-coffee-cookies-and-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2024\/12\/01\/cold-water-swimmers-find-coffee-cookies-and-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My father was a baker, but never wanted to share how to make bread\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With international Men\u2019s Day just around the corner, Piotr Skoczylas serves us up a healthy slice of human connection alongside a coffee at sunrise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Piotr skoczylas the coffee chap, water in background\" class=\"wp-image-68424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Piotr skoczylas the coffee chap, water in background\" class=\"wp-image-68424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Lead-Photo.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup>Piotr Skoczylas at the water, image: Tommy Begley <\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Piotr Skoczylas started selling coffee and home baked cookies at Penarth\u2019s promenade at dawn to the growing number of<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2021\/12\/06\/i-feel-like-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-belong-where-i-live-says-sea-swimmer\/\"> cold water swimmers<\/a> after lockdown. People found community in the swim, and a tricycle full of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/stolcoffee.co.uk\/\">coffee, cookies and conversation<\/a>\u201d was the perfect lynchpin to hold it together.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing tall, covered head to toe in a blue quilted dry-robe to keep off the morning chill, Skoczylas unclasps the lid of his ornately painted yellow coffee box. He works in a steady, deliberate manner, giving him an air of reassured comfort and grace while serving filter coffee to the steady stream of cold water swimmers in need of some warmth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recalling the impact of lockdown back in 2020, he explains, \u201cSeeing this loneliness, I related to it a lot, so it was a no brainer to go into a business that was going to address this and say, &#8216;No, together is better&#8217;.\u201d So Skoczylas popped the kettle on, threw some cookie dough in the oven and got on his tricycle, cycling down to the seafront Wednesday to Sunday no matter the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family knots can be the hardest to untie<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The 34-year-old reminisces on baking and his challenging relationship with his late father, something many men struggle with. \u201cIt\u2019s funny, because my father was a baker, but he never really taught me how to be a baker, he never wanted to share how to make bread,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">I&#8217;ve created this kind of barrier around myself, over the years disassociating from men and then most people<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no doubt Skoczylas wanted a deeper connection with his dad, feeling every time he tried to be vulnerable with him, he just got pushed away. \u201cI have been angry and pointing fingers,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but you see it was just his way. And if I can accept that then I\u2019m just one big step closer to love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skoczylas smiles and looks up with warmth, remembering how after he donated cells for his father\u2019s treatment he received a text saying \u2018Thanks for everything &lt;3\u2019. \u201cWith a love heart! He never said anything like this,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This was like him saying I love you. He did that because I shut up and just allowed him to be him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A taste of wisdom from the waves<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1949568639&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1949568639&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><div style=\"font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cardiffjomec\" title=\"CardiffJomec\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none\" rel=\"noopener\">CardiffJomec<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cardiffjomec\/piotrs-odyssey\" title=\"Piotr&#x27;s odyssey\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none\" rel=\"noopener\">Piotr&#x27;s odyssey<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reaching out by looking in<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>As Skoczylas hands out his coffee, cookies and conversation he reflects further on how he can still struggle with male relationships, something that&#8217;s ever pressing as <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalmensday.com\/\">international mens day<\/a> looms. \u201cOn the menu there is a free hug because some time ago I needed one and was scared to ask,\u201d Skoczylas loves when men come to him and are open and vulnerable and give him a free hug. 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As a tall and overweight child he was bullied, dreading the locker room and swimming pool. \u201cI\u2019ve created this kind of barrier around myself, over the years disassociating from men and then most people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Piotr having a chat with his regulars at his coffee bike\" class=\"wp-image-68426\" title=\"swim and coffee cookies and conversation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Piotr having a chat with his regulars at his coffee bike\" class=\"wp-image-68426\" title=\"swim and coffee cookies and conversation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Bottom-Photo.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup>Piotr holding forum with a couple of regulars Image: Tommy Begley<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA hug from a man is quite an interesting experience,\u201d he takes a contemplative pause before continuing, \u201cit can feel like an eternity, but if you can be with the discomfort and lean into it, embracing another human being\u2026 that is a beautiful experience of connection.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Penarth local cracks a loving smile: \u201cI\u2019ve seen men cry here, or we just sit and have those deeper moments and that level of connection that I don\u2019t experience anywhere else. 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