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 ...

Julie Wilson Nimmo was once most famous for playing the nursery school teacher Miss Hoolie in Balamory, while her husband ...

Feeling the weight of the world, a writer embarks on a mission: She would immerse herself in a different body of water every ...

Last year, open water swimmer Amy Appelhans Gubser became the first person to swim from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands, a craggy, mostly uninhabited archipelago off the ...

Aware of the need to shine a spotlight on rewilded animals, Green Matters paints a heartwarming picture of the halcyon days ...

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 ...

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Lewis Elliott received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 666773. On Perranporth beach in Cornwall, UK, a local outdoor swimming ...

The Fairy Pools can get busy, but go early or in the soft rain and you might find the chutes carved by centuries of flow all to yourself. Photograph by Visit Scotland, Kenny Lam This article was ...

It’s not just about sandy beaches and lidos in Italy. Head inland or off the map, and you’ll stumble across emerald rivers threading through Tuscany, sun-bleached islands like Sardinia, icy Dolomite ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). There’s no better way to immerse yourself in nature than by going wild swimming. Every spot tells its own story: tidal pools fed by ...