It’s 8am and I’m standing at the edge of my local lake at Beckenham Place Park in London, the early morning sun just beginning to peek over the trees. A layer of mist is rising from the cold water and ...

You can barley scroll Insta these days without stumbling across an idyllic early morning shot of a neoprene-clad woman pacing purposefully into a lake, or a snap of flushed-cheeked friends clutching ...

If you live near a body of water in the northern latitudes, you likely have heard of your local polar bear club — usually made up of a group of hearty swimmers who take part in cold water swimming.