{"id":29397,"date":"2021-02-15T15:51:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jus.shef.ac.uk\/sheffieldwire\/?p=29397"},"modified":"2021-02-15T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:51:22","slug":"serene-strokes-how-wild-swimming-became-a-lockdown-stress-buster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/15\/serene-strokes-how-wild-swimming-became-a-lockdown-stress-buster\/","title":{"rendered":"Serene Strokes: How Wild Swimming Became a Lockdown Stress-buster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clammy tiles, stifling changing rooms, the echoes of screaming children and the stench of chlorine. Maybe if you\u2019re lucky there\u2019s a stray plaster lurking in the shallows. Love it or hate it, the public swimming pool is a landmark of British culture.<\/p>\n

But where do you go for your fix in a national lockdown when pools are closed and you\u2019re restricted to one outing for exercise a day?<\/p>\n

For a growing number of Brits, the answer lies within the calm \u2013 but freezing \u2013 waters of lakes, rivers, and reservoirs.<\/p>\n

A surge of wild swimmers have taken the polar plunge in lockdown. The magazine Outdoor Swimmer estimates public participation in outdoor swimming has multiplied by between 1.5 and 3 times over the past year, with 4 million people swimming outdoors annually, according to the Guardian.<\/p>\n

Many are going in search of inner calm, with nearly three quarters of outdoor swimmers claiming outdoor swimming is essential or very important to their mental health.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, when MyLondon reported South Londoners are spending their weekends in wheelie-bin \u2018pools\u2019<\/a> to chase the natural high of a \u2018cold shock\u2019, the reaction was overwhelmingly one of bewilderment.<\/p>\n

But for Timothy Ridgway, a 29-year-old support worker for adults with mental health and learning difficulties, freezing dunks in the water help to draw a line between work and personal life. He says on a really bad day, getting in the water is like a reset button.<\/p>\n

He understands why people are baffled: \u201cWhen I first got in the water I thought this is absolutely bonkers.\u201d The first venture left him hankering for more, and as for many other wild swimmers, the “wild” activity quickly turned into everyday routine. \u201cIt does something to me. I start getting withdrawals if I miss a few days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Ridgway\u2019s first successful swim was on a biking trip to the Lake District with friends. They arrived at Buttermere Lake and he decided to go for a dip.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next thing you know I\u2019m lying on my back in the middle of this huge lake, surrounded by mountains and I just found it so zen. When I got home I thought I\u2019d try the local reservoirs.\u201d He kept it up, and has been going two or three times a week throughout winter, feeling safer on a swim than he does at the supermarket.<\/p>\n

He says snow swims are the most surreal of all. He purposefully opts not to wear swim shoes so he can feel the crunch of the snow under his feet before he gets in. \u201cIt adds to that crazy element, like, it\u2019s snowing, and I\u2019m swimming in a reservoir.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Timothy Ridgway gets ready for an arctic dip.<\/p><\/div>\n

The reservoirs Mr Ridgway swims at are surrounded by pine trees, and unlike the local swimming baths, the only sounds echoing around him are birdsong and a breeze over the water.<\/p>\n

The water temperature rarely reaches above three degrees, so swims are limited to about five minutes. This is enough time for the cold water to do its magic, as environmental physiologist Prof Mike Tipton explained to the magazine Science Focus.<\/p>\n

According to Prof Tipton, the shock of cold water immersion causes an instant adrenaline reaction that sends your heart racing in a \u2018fight-or-flight\u2019 response. Cortisol is released, resulting in a surge of beta-endorphins in the brain which creates a feeling of euphoria.<\/p>\n

The more freezing dips you take, the less your body reacts to the shock, which Tipton claims could also make you less responsive to everyday stress.<\/p>\n

While Mr Ridgway’s time spent at reservoirs is often a solitary form of therapy, he longs for the days when wild swimming can once again be a social sport.<\/p>\n

A Sheffield swim Facebook page that had hundreds of members at the start of lockdown now has thousands, and while restrictions were eased in the summer, Mr Ridgway saw many of them organising group swims.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d all meet and have a piece of flapjack after your swim and a bit of a chat. There was a really good social element to it.\u201d It\u2019s something he can\u2019t wait to see back up and running, adds Mr Ridgway.<\/p>\n

Like Mr Ridgway, 45-year-old Lindsay Cook from Hitchin jumped into the deep end with wild swimming and is now addicted to the adrenaline rush.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a complete buzz. When you get in the water it\u2019s so cold it takes your breath away, and you just think \u2018I can\u2019t do this\u2019 but you realise a few seconds later that you can. The colder the water the greater the endorphin rush is.\u201d<\/p>\n

She recently did an ice dip in a nearby pond, where you have to break the ice to get in. \u201cThat was a really positive experience. I know a lot of people who\u2019ve broken ice in the past week and each one of them has been like \u2018Wow that was amazing I want to do it again,\u2019\u201d says Mrs Cook.<\/p>\n

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Lindsay Cook takes an icy dip<\/p><\/div>\n

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For mum-of-three Mrs Cook, wild swimming allows precious time to collect her thoughts and connect with nature. \u201cThis lockdown\u2019s really tough with the weather being so cold and not much daylight. It\u2019s given me that outlet that I need, just to breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is sympathetic towards the plight of bin-bound Londoners who can\u2019t get out and about to wild swim, but says nature is what really draws her to it. \u201cYou can hear the water rippling. You can hear the birds. The spot we go to in the morning there\u2019s an owl that flies around.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI do know someone who has wheelie bin dips, but it\u2019s not for me. I\u2019m lucky enough that during lockdown I can still get out and get my cold water fix. If I couldn\u2019t, then would I go in a bin? I don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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