Record numbers of wild swimmers do The Swoosh

Record numbers of wild swimmers do The Swoosh

More than 800 wild swimmers took to the waters of the river Avon at Bantham in Devon this weekend for the now-annual ‘Swoosh’ event which sold out in record time this year. Organisers The Outdoor Swimming Society said that 900 tickets sold out in just 90 minutes when they were made available in March.

‘The Swoosh’ involves swimmers going into the water at Aveton Gifford and swimming...