article_snippet.sent: ’s April and my first proper swim of the year.
article_snippet.sent: A 30-minute dip leaves me exhausted.
article_snippet.sent: But in open water I don’t care.
article_snippet.sent: And, for me, that’s the magic of swimming.
article_snippet.sent: Because, for me, the most perfect swim of all is in Scotland, off the Hebrides.
article_snippet.sent: Because although there is something to be said for the way you emerge from cold water stinging and tingling as if heated by a feverish drug, I’m not hardy enough for swimming through liquid ice.
article_snippet.sent: ’s quick Cornish dip, watching men swimming seems to be a pleasure that has never dimmed.
article_snippet.sent: Personally, I hate being seen swimming, though others clearly don’t.
article_snippet.sent: Because I know from experience that, whatever the season, once I’m swimming, I’m reminded, however briefly, how wonderful it is to be alive.
highlights_snippet.sent: Says nothing beats the 'silky smooth' feeling of swimming in cold water .