Health experts, however, have emphasised that swimming can boost children’s energy, immunity, and respiratory health, making it an excellent year-round activity. Doctors BM spoke to highlighted the ...

Fancy a swim? There's nothing like a dip in the sea in winter. Your day can only get easier after that. When everything in life is about maximising comfort and convenience, cold water can be a welcome ...

There was a time when I shunned the suggestion of wild swimming and even the thought of open-water swimming in winter made me shiver and zip up my down jacket. Then I moved to the Scottish Highlands ...

For those people who have consigned their swimming togs to the back of the drawer until next summer, it might be time to think again. While sea swimming has grown hugely in popularity in recent years, ...

While wild swimming during the depths of winter might seem like a slightly mad idea, it's a pastime that's becoming hugely popular. In fact, part of the ritual of this slow living hobby often involves ...

KEEN swimmers will soon be swapping their Christmas outfits for bathing suits and diving into 2024 with a splash. And one swimming spot, which is the first marine nature reserve and unique sea-water ...

Sea swimming 'exploded' in popularity in Ireland last year and that surge has continued, even as air and water temperatures have dropped. Record numbers took up the activity in 2020, both on the coast ...

SOME very hardy individuals braved a bitter cold snap to participate in the first ever winter sea swim race in Skerries. Sponsored by the Blue Bar, the race was appropriately called the 'Frostie ...

Jeff Rubin of Madison once swam in Antarctica. He was a tour guide on a ship with a Russian doctor who swam regularly so Rubin joined him one day. The water temperature was 29 degrees. “It’s not ...

The majority of my friends think I am slightly nuts. And to be honest, they’re not wrong. I have a long-standing love affair with the outdoors that has seen me take on multi-day endurance races in ...