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Swimming in the wild: The Big River Swim Team

One of the worst things about the Covid-19 pandemic was how it uprooted people’s daily lives, forcing most of us to find new ways to get our basic needs met. But that uprooting was also one of the ...
Los Angeles Times

Wild Rivers hosts World’s Largest Swimming Lesson, part of a global effort to prevent child drownings

Young swimmers and their swim instructors waded into the wave pool at Wild Rivers on Thursday morning in hopes of breaking a world record. The Irvine water park hosted the participants for the World’s ...
VTDigger

Wild swimming helps Vermonters connect to nature

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 & ...
Hampshire Chronicle

Hampshire wildlife trust urges public to stay out of River Itchen

Conservation experts are urging people to keep out of the River Itchen to protect the eggs of endangered fish.
Secret London

London is soon set to welcome a scenic new open water swimming site – and it will be the first ever official bathing spot in the River Thames

The scenic section of the Thames could soon become the river's first official wild swimming spot - and Londoners could be taking a dip in it by May.
Shortlist

This London site could be about to become The Thames' first public swimming spot

Despite the fact that most people associate the waters of the Thames with rusty shopping trollies, floating wet wipes, and ...