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  • Clevedon swimmers
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    Sea swimmers brave sub-zero temperatures Jump to media player A group of sea swimmers is not put off by the snow and plunge into the Bristol Channel.
    • 01 Mar 18
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    Wild swimmer goes for a dip in frozen loch Jump to media player An open and wild swimmer is filmed breaking ice on the surface of a Highlands loch to swim in the chilly water below.
    • 22 Jan 18
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  • Cromer Boxing Day dip 2017
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    Dippers take Boxing Day charity plunge Jump to media player Hundreds of people braced the North Sea for the annual dip off the Norfolk coast at Cromer.
    • 26 Dec 17
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    Boxing Day swim attracts hundreds Jump to media player Hundreds of swimmers brave the icy waters to take part in Tenby's annual Boxing Day Swim in Pembrokeshire.
    • 26 Dec 16
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    Somerset swimmer takes on Ocean's Seven Jump to media player A woman from Somerset is about to tackle seven of the world's toughest swims in the space of a year.
    • 02 Sep 16
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Sea swimmers ignore snow and take a dip in the Bristol Channel

The beast from East hasn't stopped a group of sea swimmers take a dip in the Bristol Channel.

The club, from Clevedon, ignored the snow and and took the plunge in sub-zero temperatures.

  • 01 Mar 2018
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