Your eyeballs grow cold: What my first attempt at cold water swimming in London taught me
Before trying out cold water swimming, I learned everything about its promised benefits. I wish I had also read up about the momentary agony it brings.
http://parliamenthilllido.org/
Some months ago, as the first Covid winter hit London, a friend asked if I wanted to go open-air swimming with her. She was a regular at the Parliament Hill Lido and wanted company for her early morning swim. It was the novelty of the thing that made me say yes. We arranged to meet at 7.30 am, a few days on, for a swim before work.