From their manifesto:
"The Outdoor Swimming Society believes that it's time British swimmers had more fun...We believe it's time to get back to the joy of swimming under an open sky...We pledge to take our friends with us so they can join...We embrace the rejuvenating effects of cold water and undertake to strip and dip wherever we can."
From the Foreword to Kate Rew's book "Wild Swim" written by their patron, Robert MacFarlane:
A video from Kate Rew to get you in the mood:"There's nothing faintly class-based about all of this. What could be more democratic than swimming? What more equalising than near-nakedness? You need even less equipment than you do to play football. A bathing costume, if you insist. Then, just enough common sense to avoid drowning and just enough lunacy to dive in...
...wild swimming is about beauty and strangeness and transformation - but it's also about companionship, fun, and a hot cup of tea or nip of whisky afterwards."
