November 2026

November 2026 - Cold Water Mastery

What cold water mastery really means

Colder, longer, tougher: it’s easy to assume that’s how progress in cold water is measured. Channel and Ice Swimmer Alice…
Swimming with strangers

Adventurer Lindsey Cole tells Rowan Clarke how dipping with strangers changed her idea of home
Masters of winter

Is there a secret to mastering winter swimming? Rowan Clarke finds out
You don’t have to love cold water swimming to be a ‘proper’ outdoor swimmer

A cold water convert, Simon Griffiths (reluctantly) got into winter swimming during the pandemic
Are you a winter swimmer… or just winter swimming curious?

Fancy a challenge that’ll keep you motivated all winter? Polar Bear and Penguin Challenge founder Pauline Barker MBE is celebrating…