Does a warm drink after a cold swim really help? | Take our Attitudes to Outdoor Swimming survey | Gifts for swimmers
Published: Sat, 12/10/22
Your essential weekly edit of outdoor swimming
YOUR ESSENTIAL WEEKLY EDIT OF OUTDOOR SWIMMING
#swimwildandfree
Dear fellow swimmers
Last Friday, Giles Coren published an abusive article about outdoor swimmers in The Times. I probably should have ignored it, but I couldn’t keep my hands away from my keyboard, so here’s my response: ‘No one’s impressed by your abuse of swimmers’. If you want to share your thoughts, remember we have a letters page in the magazine – email editor@outdoorswimmer.com.
It’s a shorter survey than last year and should take less than 15 minutes to complete. As a thank you, we will enter you into a
giveaway draw. Prizes include: a SwimTrek coaching session at the new Sea Lanes pool in Brighton, a Swim Secure tow float, places at the Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival, Huub, Zoggs and Speedo goggles, a Speedo changing robe, a Vivida Poncho Towel, a Final Surge 5k Open Water Training Plan from Karen Parnell, a 1-2-1 Endless Pool video analysis session with South West Swim and a £60 Zoggs swimwear voucher!
We are also encouraging readers to share their winter dips with us on social media using #swimwildandfreezing. And we invite you to join WaterAid in their Winter Dip 2022 – read more
below!
THE STORY BEHIND OUR ‘MAGIC & RITUAL’ COVER, BY VIVIENNE RICKMAN
Stillness, silence and being let into a moment that belongs to one person only. Vivienne Rickman shares the grace and wonder of her underwater photography as well as her own journey to exploring every single body of water in Eryri National Park (Snowdonia National Park).
Every winter, people up and down the UK embrace the thrill of cold water swimming. This festive season, WaterAid are inviting you to take a Winter
Dip over the 12 days of Christmas! Choose your favourite day from 25 December to 5 January – or take the plunge with a dip each of the 12 days!
Join in and raise funds for life-changing clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene. Raise over £12 and grab yourself a free Winter Dip swim cap.
Join the Facebook Group to get started!
December 2022 - MAGIC & RITUAL | Read it on digital or in print from anywhere in the world. Purchase a single
issue or subscribe to a monthly magazine and save up 20% each month.
A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO OUTDOOR SWIMMER – WHAT ARE THE
PERKS?
When was the last time you stitched a fabric swimming badge onto your togs? Subscribe to Outdoor Swimmer magazine and you’ll not only get 28% off the cover price and magazines delivered to your door, you will also get free access to the digital edition on our app, discounts on ticketed events, exclusive offers from brands and a special fabric badge for your swimming kit bag or robe!
