Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some swimmers have also found wild swimming to be an antidote to pandemic-era loneliness and mental health struggles. Jessica J.

And he goes wild swimming every morning, jumping into a cold lake or river or into the sea. During the pandemic, wild swimming became popular in Ireland. It remains so. There are crowdsourcing apps ...

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 ...

Charlotte Brynn winter swimming in Lake Willoughby. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Brynn/CNS Kate Kampner is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & ...

Yep, you've pretty much had to be living under a rock not to have noticed the huge surge in popularity cold water swimming has seen in the past few years. Its appeal was only fuelled by lockdown; as ...

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, ...