water. “So they would strip off and either wade the burn carrying their gear or throw their clothes across and swim over.“That got me into a mindset of thinking ‘hey, I could do this more often’.”For Roland, swimming in water only a few degrees above freezing has benefits beyond keeping fit.“For anyone wild swimming there seems to be immunity benefits,” he explains.“That’s maybe because your exposure to more sunlight, even in winter, means your body produces more vitamin D.“Loch swimming tunes up your whole circulation.“The key is to control your breathing, relax and enjoy the sensation.“There’s a group that swims regularly in Loch Ken in wetsuits.“I think doing that you lose a bit of the experience because you are not completely in tune.
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