Emma Townshend: 'Who needs chlorine? Open-air ponds offer a different swimming experience'

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I feel I may have been unwise. I'm standing in just my swimsuit, trying to be brave in what I think could accurately be described as "hostile conditions". There's an edgy, biting wind coming in sideways from the east, laden down with that sneaky category of rain, which can soak right down under your coat collar. If you were in fact wearing a coat, a woolly hat, a scarf and some tights, rather than just a swimsuit.











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