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.

It started with a cold-water plunge, and now outdoor, natural swimming is an obsession of mine. With 15,000 lakes and a robust water-quality testing system, Wisconsin is great for wild swimming. It ...

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 ...

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You can listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify each week. Follow this link if you're listening on Apple News. Author and wild swimmer Freya Bromley returns to tell Lale why the ...

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 & ...

The 10 best wild swimming spots within an hour of London, from the Thames to local lakes - As London gains its first official bathing area in the Thames, here are the best swimming spots within easy ...

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

Millions of adults have never gone wild swimming, been winter camping or watched the sunset, according to research.

"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...

Woore Fruit Farm, which is open from late May to the end of October, currently features an on-site cafe as well as a variety of pick-your-own fruits. However, the owners have now asked Shropshire ...