sunrise, brighton seafront. there s frost on the ground and the sea is a mass of chilly bobbing heads. amazing. we saw the sun come up. beautiful. you need to go for yourself to find out. i don t think you can ever persuade anyone with words. you need to experience it. the early morning cold water dip has become a thing. thousands of us, in recent months, have started to enjoy the physical and mental boost it can bring. and it s notjust because it s a beautiful place for an early morning dip. the reason we re here in brighton is because this was the home of a pioneer of this madness. her name was mercedes gleitze, the first british woman to swim the channel, and the straits of gibraltar, and around the isle of man.
celebrated in brighton, as david sillito explains. sunrise, brighton seafront. there s frost on the ground and the sea is a mass of chilly bobbing heads. amazing. we saw the sun come up. beautiful. you need to go for yourself to find out. i don t think you can ever persuade anyone with words. you need to experience it. the early morning cold water dip has become a thing. thousands of us, in recent months, have started to enjoy the physical and mental boost it can bring. and it s notjust because it s a beautiful place for an early morning dip. the reason we re here in brighton is because this was the home of a pioneer of this madness.