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WANT MORE?

The Outdoor Swimming Society

(outdoorswimmingsociety.com) has a

huge variety of resources to explore,

including kit reviews, safety tips and

articles, and it puts on several open

water events each year.

Take a look at Wild Swim (wildswim.

com) – a worldwide crowd-sourced

wild swimming map.

Watch Beyond the Blue by Swim

Dem Crew at swimdemcrew.co.uk/

beyond-the-blue

The #TeamSelkie blog is full of

interesting stories about the adventures

of the Selkie swimmers. Find out more

at club.selkieswim.com and search the

hashtag and follow Selkie swimmer

Katia on Instagram @belgokatia

The Wild Swimming Brothers, also

part of #TeamSelkie, recently swam

the 11 mile length of Windermere in

memory of a friend who died by suicide,

to raise awareness of mental health

issues. Find them on Instagram

@thewildswimmingbrothers

Wild Swimming by Daniel Start

(Wild Things Publishing, £16.99) details

300 wild swimming spots across the UK,

with information on water quality, safety,

accessibility, parking and more.

Don’t think you’re quite ready to give

wild swimming a go? Britain has seen a

huge revival of open-air lidos in the last

10 years. You can find your nearest one

in The Lido Guide by Janet Wilkinson

and Emma Pusill (Unbound Books,

£14.99) and try cold water swimming in

an outdoor pool.

There are plenty of resources, clubs, books and more to help you start swimming

Many people find

friendship in the water

• it helps that there is no
  one way to be ‘good’ at
  cold water swimming.