It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but more and more Brits are swapping chlorinated indoor pools for the exhilarating, mind-altering thrill of a bracing cold-water dip. Whether you prefer to stay ...

The first wild swimming retreat I did was in Cornwall. It was back in 2020 when swim stays were not quite the phenomenon they ...

Swimming holidays are the ultimate in slow travel – and since the pandemic, they've become more popular than ever.

“With open water swimming, or wild swimming as they call it in Europe, there’s no one judging you or telling you that you need to be faster,” she says. “I find it really liberating.

“It’s far too good to be reserved for wild swimming. I recently teamed mine with a Beulah velvet maxi and Mach & Mach heels on New Year’s Eve and then when the clock struck 12, carried one ...