Don’t fence in our fun, say wild swimmers
by Jamie Doward from Environment | The Guardian on (#4ZECV)
Enthusiasts say red tape and enforced fees would spoil popular Hampstead ponds
Even in the bleak midwinter, a hardy few can be found bobbing around the dark waters of the Highgate bathing ponds on Hampstead Heath in north London, their faces wreathed in near-beatific smiles.
As the late nature writer Roger Deakin enthused about wild swimming: "I can dive in with a long face, and what feels like a terminal case of depression, and come out a whistling idiot."
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