Fancy diving into the exhilarating world of wild swimming? Maybe you don’t have the best wild swimming gear already. But if you’ve got a half-decent swimsuit and a towel to dry off with afterwards ...

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 ...

If, like many, you've recently embraced the many mental and physical health benefits of wild swimming, you'll likely also know how important it is to wear the right gear (read: find the best wetsuit ...

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The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past decade, ...

Preparing to jump out of the second-floor window and into the river below, I felt the acute sense that my anxiety was about to be washed away. It was a balmy July day in perhaps the most ...

It was nostalgia, not a desire to clear my head that first drew me to outdoor swimming in my 30s. I’d grown up close to water and spent my childhood at the beach, neck deep in the North Sea. The ...