Swimmers enjoy cold swims
Many people enjoy swimming in icy cold water. An open-air swimming pool, (know) as a lido, in Bedfordshire, England, proved very popular this winter. The Woburn Lido is usually open from May to September, this year it stayed open to swimmers throughout the autumn and winter months too.
Until the lockdown for England was announced on 4 January, outdoor pools were allowed to remain open. "Demand has taken us by surprise," said Murray Heining, a volunteer at the Woburn Lido. Over Christmas and New Year, the lido had to offer extra openings to keep up with the demand from (swimmer).
Cold-water swimming has grown in popularity in the UK over the past few years. A survey found that 7.5 million people in England had swum in outdoor pools, as well as lakes, rivers and the sea, in 2018. In some areas, such as the river Wharfe in Yorkshire, this new trend has made environmental groups think more about the water is cleared of pollution and clean enough for bathers.
Some people make it a regular practice; just enjoy a refreshing dip on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day. Every year around the UK, people (photograph) plunging into icy water, often in fancy dress, and the recent festive period was no exception, freezing temperatures.
The Outdoor Swimming Society classifies temperatures below 6℃ as "Baltic" and from 6-11℃ as "freezing". They advise people (get) in the water gradually, so as not to shock the body. Likewise, they recommend warming up gradually, and not (rush) the process by leaping into a hot bath when you get out. Instead, they suggest layering up and drinking something warm.
It wasn't just the water that was cold—many people experienced a white Christmas; snow fell in several counties including Yorkshire and Suffolk. Paul Davies, the UK Met Office's chief meteorologist （气象学家）, a scientist job is to study the weather, said the forecast indicates "the likelihood of the cold conditions experienced recently continuing through January".
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