A Scots woman says she decided to become a 'real' mermaid after being inspired by her favourite childhood TV programme - and ...

but also the tail is designed and tailored to your body, so that way you don't just slide out of it. We have mermaids out in Hawaii who swim down to 60, 70 feet on one breath of air with our monofins.

Kate Macleod, also known as The Hebridean Mermaid, will explore waters surrounding the Western Isles in a new-series.

Her passion for "real-life mermaid swimming" ramped ... exploded - you hear about people dressed as mermaids and swimming in mermaid's tails all the time. "So the comments I received were very ...