By Lisa Brackner So here is my story …. I found myself signing up for my first in October 2020 after an open water taster session at Spring Lakes. Oh my goodness I loved it and even more so because it was cold! The atmosphere at those sessions is amazing, always Her Spirit support on hand […]
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I’ve been open water swimming for a number of years, usually swimming from April – October outside & then pool swimming through winter once the temperatures dropped
By Sally Hatton So here is my story …. I had heard about winter swimming and seen/read about people who do it and wondered if I would be able to do it too. I did an introduction to winter swimming in November 2020 which was incredibly useful, learning so much about how to safely swim […]
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I have always loved the great outdoors and walked & ran many of the wainwrights and cycled many of the country lanes of Cumbria over the past 20 years
By Ann Harris So here is my story …. We moved to Cumbria in 2013 and continued doing this but in 2015 I had a health scare, again which led to another mental break down. Being now in a different area I realised there wasn’t the crisis team to pull me out of this one. […]
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This time last year I had just started open water swimming
By Sally Ward So here is my story …. It was something I had wanted to try for a long time but didn’t have the confidence to do so. I saw a post from Gillibob on my FB about a taster session and thought, why not? Then came the Winter Swim Challenge… I’d not swum in […]
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