Aldeburgh Boxing Day 2022 swim in pictures as dip returns
A record 300 people turned up for the first Aldeburgh Boxing Day swim since 2019.
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A record 300 people turned up for the first Aldeburgh Boxing Day swim since 2019.
A record 300 people turned up for the first Aldeburgh Boxing Day swim since 2019.
As I write this, I feel euphoric. I've just emerged from the sea, off the Suffolk coast at Aldeburgh. Yes, it's May, but the North Sea's never as cold as you think it's going to be – or, I admit, as warm. Nevertheless, from April to October you can easily immerse yourself in it for minutes on end, without swearing. You don't have to breaststroke the length of the beach to experience the natural high. This morning I didn't swim anywhere. I simply plunged in, did a couple of hundred bicycle kicks and let the current take me as far as the north lookout tower, where I got out and strolled back ...