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.

While wild swimming during the depths of winter might seem like a slightly mad idea, it's a pastime that's becoming hugely popular. In fact, part of the ritual of this slow living hobby often involves ...

Back in Europe, Schloss Elmau, an idyllic nature escape in the German Alps, offers expert-led and unguided wild swimming excursions in several peak-flanked lakes. Guests can take e-bikes to Ferchensee ...

It’s 8am and I’m standing at the edge of my local lake at Beckenham Place Park in London, the early morning sun just beginning to peek over the trees. A layer of mist is rising from the cold water and ...

My passion for cold water swimming began just before lockdown. Early one morning, while walking my dog on the beach, I saw a group of women having a great time. Known as the Salty Sisters, I was ...

WILD swimming has become increasingly popular with Brits across the country who head down to lakes, ponds and the beach for a ...

Last year, open water swimmer Amy Appelhans Gubser became the first person to swim from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands, a craggy, mostly uninhabited archipelago off the ...

Just over four years ago, Pool Bridge Farm near York was a quiet but pretty spot for fishing, little known to anyone outside ...

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, ...