The ripple effect

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I THOUGHT a swim might cheer you up. Perhaps even bri

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The People's Friend Special Magazine

22 March, 2023

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The Great Outdoors

Marisa wray

Cold water swimmer & cancer survivor

The Big Issue

The swimmers still game for a freezing dip this christmas

Whether on Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, or the big day itself, Christmas swims are a festive tradition for many. With cold water ‘wild swimming’ on the rise, many long-running dips have seen numbers sw

The Great Outdoors

The power of cold

It can lower stress, treat depression and open up a whole new world of outdoor-going opportunities so could you learn to love the cold? We spoke to converts whose lives have been shaped by embracing winter

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Swim through the darkness

When Covid brought to the surface old wounds, Al Mennie took to the sea – at night – to help cope with the pain. He now uses night swimming to help bring awareness to intergenerational trauma in Northern Ireland, and beyond

The People's Friend

Out of season

HER phone pinged with the e-mail while she was lying on the beach. The Greek sun blazed down from – well, being a writer, it was second nature for Amy to think about how she would describe the blue sk