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

Louise Robertson started to wonder if there was something more to life. And she found it in the most remarkable place

Cold water swimmer & cancer survivor

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The river at Alet-les-Bains sparkled in the late afternoon sun as I stood beside it, gripping a smooth pebble in my palm. Around me, five other women, all somewhere between 48 and 62, prepared to do t

It was exhilarating. I was exhausted and relieved, as well as in shock but so happy – just grinning from ear to ear,” says Lindsey Walke, after achieving her long-held ambition of swimming the English