Also Bloody Mary Day, but I think the swim would do me more good this morning. Polar Bear Swims have been practiced for well over a hundred years in different countries. The first recorded Polar Bear Swim took place in Boston 1904. In many Canadian communities, plunging into icy water for a swim is a New Year’s Day tradition. Vancouver’s annual Polar Bear Swim Club has been active since 1920 and usually has 1,000 to 2,000 registered participants every New Year’s Day, with a record 2,128 registrants taking part in the Polar Bear Swim in English Bay in 2000. It would seem that he Netherlands have greatly outdone North America, as about 10,000 people have been diving into the icy cold sea water at Scheveningen, The Netherlands’ main beach resort town, every year since 1960. In fact, it is estimated that all over the Netherlands, 30,000 people take part in what they call “Nieuwjaarsduik” New Year’s dive) each and every year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
You'll all have to pop up North then ...... the only polar bears in Britain are in God's own county! Bring your own towels .
Up our way it's called the Boxing Day Dip! The rest of the world has to wait a week for the sea to become warmer before they dare go in it!
