
Christmas swim. Video: http://www.euronews.net
- “For the first time in 30 years the Serpentine in Hyde Park was too frozen to allow all the ice to be cleared for the Peter Pan Cup, a 100 metre race, so swimmers had a hot cuppa to celebrate Christmas.
- “The Berlin Seals” ice swimming club have been taking the winters of the Orankesee for their health since 1979.
- The Copa Nadal held on a Barcelona beach is a 200 metre race celebrating its 101st anniversary in relatively balmy conditions. Only the civil war has ever interrupted this Christmas dip.”
Source: http://www.euronews.net/2010/12/26/icebreakers-needed-for-christmas-swims/
The “Peter Pan Cup” Christmas Morning Handicap Swim: http://www.serpentineswimmingclub.com/christmas_day_race.htm
Serpentine Swimming Club: http://www.serpentineswimmingclub.com/