SuperGoose75 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Around 15 years ago I used to work ridiculous hours 6 days a week. Plasterer by trade but when I got fed up looking at walls and ceilings I would alternate between plastering and concreting. I always treated the work like going to the gym and also watched my diet. Around the time I was in serious shape a ripped 12 and a 1/2 stone and very fit. Back then I had a real urge to enter the sea (I honestly dont know why) but I just had to get in for a swim. I remember an early march evening when I was diving off a local platform beside a slipway when a guy I knew from the RNLI came up to me and said- I knew it had to be somebody mad.! He told me they had been in training in wetsuits the pevious evening and it was baltic..and here I was in a pair of shorts. Fast forward to the present day and cold water swimming is all the rage. I was in town this morning and saw people on various parts of the coast getting ready to go swimming at high tide. I went for a walk around a coastal trail after I had my bits and bobs done and it took me to the slipway that I aforementioned . There was a large group of mostly elderly ladies preparing to enter the water. And in they went swimming about and doing exercises whilst standing shoulder deep in the water. Now I can stick a lot of cold, but the positive urge to enter the cold sea has long gone. However I have been suffering with bad anxiety this past few years after being hit very hard with covid. Apparently this coldwater swimming is a great way of combating stress and anxiety. It is something I am serious about getting back into in the coming weeks and my wife has bought me a dry-robe for Christmas. So have we any cold water or wild swimmers on PW..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 nope ............not for me thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 I used to do a lot of sea swimming in my younger days, but don't have that urge these days, i much prefer standing on the beach with a camera taking pics of surfers. A mate of mine is heavily into open water swimming, he attempted the channel a few years ago and managed 16 miles but was beaten mentally, he is a qualified open water swimming instructor and has his own company, he has clients ranging from first timers wanting to have a go and learn,to serious long distance swimmers doing the big lakes and the channel, he is kept busy. A pic i took last week while thinking those surfers are mad the water looks freezing lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 I like Radcliffe and Maconie's take on it; "Wild swimming, or as it should be called...swimming!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 38 minutes ago, ditchman said: nope ............not for me thank you Me either 🥶. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Some years ago we rented a cottage at Wembury, the chap that owned it Fred, lived next door. Every day of the year he said he swims out to the island and back, just off the coast. I don't know if it has a name. God knows how he did it but he trotted off down to the beach every day we were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant1 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 the wife is going for the first time on sunday with some work mates. not the sea but a lake in snowdonia .it is suppose to be very good for you. hope she never wants me to go with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 We try and swim in the sea every weekend at the boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Unfortunately, I have an allergy to cold water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 11 minutes ago, oowee said: We try and swim in the sea every weekend at the boat. still not fixed the hull then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 2 hours ago, ditchman said: nope ............not for me thank you im with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: Unfortunately, I have an allergy to cold water. I am the same. any water! and if I feel the need to exercise I go to bed till it goes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 27 minutes ago, discobob said: still not fixed the hull then?? 🤣 Its a boat it will never be fixed. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, harrycatcat1 said: Some years ago we rented a cottage at Wembury, the chap that owned it Fred, lived next door. Every day of the year he said he swims out to the island and back, just off the coast. I don't know if it has a name. God knows how he did it but he trotted off down to the beach every day we were there. That's because it's down there me 'ansum! Try the north sea 🌊 🥶🐻❄️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Sorry to say it's wetsuit for me this time of year 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 I think the Ladies that participate are from the Bluetits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 19 minutes ago, old man said: I think the Ladies that participate are from the Bluetits? oh dear ...i can see this thread is now going to go sexual............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, ditchman said: oh dear ...i can see this thread is now going to go sexual............ Nope. Is true. Chill swimmers. Edited January 28, 2023 by old man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, old man said: Nope. Is true. Chill swimmers. they will have yer eye out then........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 I shall remain trying to catch fish, rather than join em ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 6 hours ago, ditchman said: they will have yer eye out then........... Aye, chapel hatpegs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, old man said: Aye, chapel hatpegs? skania wheel nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen-H Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 2 hours ago, ditchman said: skania wheel nuts Hard going , Can get plenty of mileage from them , Enjoy a good twist , No torque setting refused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 this happened local to me . Me mate teaches the open water swimming but this lady died there. I love the cold water around my ankles to ease my pains but that’s it for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Over the years I have done a bit of unintended cold water swimming while wild fowling , but like some of the other members , I don't intend to do any of that sort of thing in the coming months , I say months as you get to a certain age and you don't bother to look to far ahead , just getting out in my beloved countryside each day is enough to keep my well being in reasonable shape and I will leave all this cold water swimming to those hardier than me , give me a nice hot bath instead . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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