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Travelling from Cornwall to Skye, from river to sea to pond to pool, she points out 307 open-air swimming spots, some famous (Loch Lomond, Tooting Bee Lido), many hidden. Slowly a picture is drawn of a country of swimming clubs, riverbank societies and pressure groups, where literally thousands of people swim wherever they see water, confounding with each stroke the health and safety prefect and waterfront property developers who want to reduce the world to a concentration camp of dry bodies.
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A Bigger Splash
A bigger splash Wild Swim: River, Lake, Lido and Sea - the Best Places to Swim Outdoors in Britain by Kate Rew Guardian Books, 208pp, £16.99
Some of the 'worst fights I've ever had were with a boyfriend over who got to keep what river when we split up,...See the full content of this document
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