Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild swimming not advisable in bitter cold but can be highly beneficial in warmer weather if practioners take due care ...

Wild swimming has grown massively in popularity in recent times. Not only is swimming outdoors a pleasant way to enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and green leafy surroundings, it can also help to relieve ...

It’s bleak midwinter and I’m perched on the edge of a wooden dock, toes curled over the ledge in a vice-like grip. The water below me is 11ºC, which doesn’t appear to bother the ducks sailing past, ...

People have been swimming in bodies of water since the dawn of time. Whether it’s a lake, ocean, or river, it’s human nature to want to take a dip. But be honest — when was the last time you actually ...

On Perranporth beach in Cornwall, UK, a local outdoor swimming group called the Perranporth Bluetits is out in force. This group are determined to make the most of another chilly day as they plunge ...

Primrose Freestone, senior lecturer in clinical microbiology at the University of Leicester looks at the growing trend of wild swimmining and whether fears of germs and unwanted bacteria are founded.