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  • An early morning swimmer bathes in the unheated pool of the Grade II listed  Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, 25th August 1995, in London, England. The Lido is an oasis for city dwellers to escape, if only for an hour from the pressures of fast urban life. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 but after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    lido_swimmer-25-08-1995_1.jpg
  • A male swimmer performs the Crawl across this scene of frewsh water bathing in the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. As the man twists his head to gulp in air, breathing a lungful of oxygen, he passes the lettering stencilled on the poolside warning of shallow water. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club has the use of this Royal Lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The pool was formed in 1730, its name from a snakelike, curve. Queen Caroline wife of George II ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park...
    deep_swimmer-21-06-1994.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer changes into his costume before his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach32-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach36-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach35-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer dries himself with a beach towel after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach39-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer dries himself with a beach towel after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach40-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach33-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach34-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer carefully walks out of the water after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach37-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer carefully walks out of the water after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach38-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer dries himself with a beach towel after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach41-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer dries himself with a beach towel after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach42-18-07-2020.jpg
  • An image of French swimming champion Yannick Agnel  stands on an ad for energy corporation EDF, one of the Olympic sponsor partners in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Young women stand to admire him and have their photos next to his athletic figure outside the EDF corporate pavillion. EDF Energy has installed monitoring technology at sports venues across the Olympic park to show real-time energy consumption at the 2012 games. Agnel is a French swimmer and national record holder in the 200 and 400 m freestyle. Yannick Agnel (born June 9, 1992 in Nîmes) is a French swimmer and national record holder in the 200 and 400 m freestyle (long course). Agnel is also a nine-time medalist at the European Junior Swimming Championships. He has won two Olympic gold medals, both at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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  • A wild water swimmer splashes surrounded by seaweed in shallows of Trentishoe cove, near Lynton, Devon.
    trentishoe_cove7-03-August-2011.jpg
  • A wild water swimmer paddles amongst seaweed in shallows of Trentishoe cove, near Lynton, Devon.
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  • A wild water swimmer shouts out from the cold sea whilst in shallows of Trentishoe cove, near Lynton, Devon.
    trentishoe_cove2-03-August-2011.jpg
  • A male swimmer stands up after doing the Crawl across this scene of fresh water bathing in the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club has the use of this Royal Lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The pool was formed in 1730, its name from a snakelike, curve. Queen Caroline wife of George II ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park.
    serpentine_swimmer01-21-06-1994.jpg
  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
    brockwell_lido01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • In the Olympic Park, Brits watch Team GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington in another winning heat in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park37-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
    lido_swimmer01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • In the Olympic Park, Brits watch Team GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington in another winning heat in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park36-02-08-2012.jpg
  • In the Olympic Park, Brits watch Team GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington in another winning heat in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park35-02-08-2012.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman has just emerged from a swim in the cold waters off Paignton, the seaside town in Devon, south-west England. Still to towel himself down, he looks chilled to the bone but stands talking to friends out of view. The man wears dark trunks (costume) and has a large belly but otherwise looks fit and healthy, a true picture of health for a man of his age, after swimming in these seas for many years and enjoying the endorphins that are stimulated after wild, outdoor swims.
    paignton_sea_swimmer-19-07-1993.jpg
  • A young boy adjusts his goggles before swimming again in London's Serpentine pool, Kensington. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club have the use of this Royal lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The Serpentine gets its name from its supposedly snakelike, curving shape. It was formed in 1730 when Queen Caroline, wife of George II, ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park.
    serpentine_boy01-21-06-1994.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman towels himself down after emerging from his regular morning swim in the cold waters off Paignton.
    elderly_bather-19-07-1993.jpg
  • Wild bather swims breast stroke in mountain waters of River Shiel in Moidart on the Ardnamurchan peninsular, Western Scotland.
    ardnamurchan06-05-08-2010-1.jpg
  • Archive image - also used in the book 'Risk Wise'.<br />
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Wearing his bathing costume, a young adventurer clambers over rocks in the Gross Enz river in Germany's Black Forest. The lad of 10 crouches to better balance himself, carefully placing his bare feet on the slippery rock's surface as he emerges from the chilly mountain water. It is high summer and we can see the boy backlit by the glare of strong sunlight in the background. The Gross Enz river rises in Enzklosterle in Baden-Württemberg and is an eventual  tributary of the Neckar. Geologically, the Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss. During the last glacial period, the Würm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers.
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  • A young girl stretches out her arms and her father supports her weight in an empty swimming pool in Miami Florida.
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  • Ripples reflected onto shiny surfaces of rocks and pebbles in the River Enz in Germany's Black Forest.
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  • A young adventurer wearing bathing trunks clambers carefully over slippery rocks in the River Enz in Germany's Black Forest.
    germany_holiday16-01082008.jpg
  • A woman swims in shallow and warm, natural waters of the River Orbieu, on 25th May, 2017, in Ribaute, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
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  • A woman swims in shallow and warm, natural waters of the River Orbieu, on 25th May, 2017, in Ribaute, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
    rebaute_france-01-25-05-2017.jpg
  • A rather obese woman stands in the waves at the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. With hands behind her back and fingers interlocked the lady wears a turquoise bathing costume that just about fits her ample, wide body. Her bottom is large as are her legs that have cellulite on the tops of her thighs. She looks left alone, a solitary person standing with her back to the viewer - or perhaps she is standing guard, keeping watch on children as they play safely in the sea. Water splashes against her lower legs and is frozen still by a fast shutter speed. It is a fine, bright sunny afternoon on this Eastern coast of England, more noted for very changeable weather rather than the heatwave experienced here.
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  • Lying on her back with eyes closed, a young girl stretches her arms out allowing her father to support her weight in an empty swimming pool in Miami Florida. With complete trust, she lets herself go and yields to her own natural  buoyancy as she floats amid this seemingly wide ocean of chlorinated water belonging to a hotel on Ocean Drive. We see her bright red costume clearly against the  complimentary prime colour green in a vibrant display from the spectrum. It is a scene of love and confidence, of youth and health.
    miami_pool02-18-05-1996.jpg
  • A lone bather wallows lazily in the calm pool waters at the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat (formerly the Bel Air Hotel), Alpes Maritimes, France. Basking on his back, the man lies with arms outstretched, the warm buoyant water making him weightless. he has found inner-peace and there is restful tranquility here, where surface-tension allows the bather to unwind completely in this idyllic place on the French Cote d'Azur riviera. Behind his head unoccupied sun loungers are facing the Mediterranean Sea, its clear horizon empty except for a lone yacht that sails along the ocean coast. The colour of both sea and pool are the same on this overcast day that allows us to experience a more muted tone to the scene, also allowing us to see the contiunation of natural waters, as if they run from one to the other.
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  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
    brockwell_lido02-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Swimmers race through the waters of London's Serpentine lake for the Mens' Triathlon cmpetition in Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. The Triathlon competitors raced over a 1.5km swim, a 43km bike race and a 10km run - eventually won by Team GB's Alistair Brownlee, Spain's Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee (brother of the winner). The Serpentine (also known as the Serpentine River) is a 28-acre (11 ha) recreational lake in Hyde Park, London, England, created in 1730. The venue was the Hyde Park 142 hectares (350 acres) Hyde Park in the heart of the capital, one of the largest parks in central London and the site of the Victorian Great Exhibition of 1851.
    olympic_triathlon04-07-08-2012.jpg
  • Swimmers race through the waters of London's Serpentine lake for the Mens' Triathlon cmpetition in Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. The Triathlon competitors raced over a 1.5km swim, a 43km bike race and a 10km run - eventually won by Team GB's Alistair Brownlee, Spain's Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee (brother of the winner). The Serpentine (also known as the Serpentine River) is a 28-acre (11 ha) recreational lake in Hyde Park, London, England, created in 1730. The venue was the Hyde Park 142 hectares (350 acres) Hyde Park in the heart of the capital, one of the largest parks in central London and the site of the Victorian Great Exhibition of 1851.
    olympic_triathlon03-07-08-2012.jpg
  • During an August heatwave, the population of Brixton and many others from all over London, bask in the glorious weather at the Brockwell (Brixton)  Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. The Lido is a magnet for families, select groups, the young and old and represents an amalgam of humanity who enjoy the benefits of outdoor bathing and the friendship of meeting old friends and new acquaitances. We see a mass of people in late afternoon light with deep tans from the extended hot summer. Swimmers are in the unheated water, others jump in or stand on the edge thinking about their next dive. It is a scene of chaotic fun for all ages and backgrounds. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    brockwell_lido03-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach04-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach06-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Two boys carry large inflatable rings at a watersport ride called the River Run, at the north-eastern seaside resort of Scarborough, on 21st August 1992, in Scarborough, England.
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  • Sunbathers and a lifeguard enjoy the poolside during the August heatwave, on 20th August 1995, at Brockwell Lido, Herne Hill, London, England.
    brockwell_lido-20-08-1995.jpg
  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach03-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach05-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Water polo players stretch for the ball in the water during an August heatwave, on 20th August 1995, at Brockwell Lido, Herne Hill, London, England.
    brockwell_lido-20-08-1995_1.jpg
  • A smoker pauses to enjoy a cigarette below two athletic people chosen to endorse the Speedo brand, in a window at the Westfield mall during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. Ironicvally juxtaposed together, we see the healthy specimens of the two athletes with fine bodies in Speedo swimwear contrasting the bad connotations of smoking and ill-health. Smoking kills around 120,000 people in the UK each year and with current smoking trends, about 500 million people alive today will eventually be killed by tobacco use. The international swimwear brand, which sponsors British Swimming and Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington as well as Multi-medallist Michael Phelps.
    olympic_stratford44-06-08-2012.jpg
  • Three men stand at the thermal poolside wearing hygienic hats in Budapest's famous Széchenyi thermal bath. ..Having bathed in thermal waters that are piped through this health resort in the middle of the capital city, the men wear swimming costumes in the warm summer morning where hundreds flock to. Budapest is especially known for its spas just as Germany is. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Széchenyi-gyógyfürd?) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gy?z? Czigler.
    spa_men01-13-06-1990.jpg
  • Awkwardly, carrying their giant rubber rings by wrapping their left hands over the top curves, three kids make their way tentatively down a ramp of concrete to a poolside ride called River Run.
    pool_rings08-21-1992.jpg
  • In the Olympic Park, Brits watch Team GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington in another winning heat in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park33-02-08-2012.jpg
  • In the Olympic Park, Brits watch Team GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington in another winning heat in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park34-02-08-2012.jpg
  • With images of Olympian athletes such as swimmer Michael Phelps and long jumper Phillips Idowu, an exterior of the Olympic Megastore in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park20-02-08-2012.jpg
  • With images of Olympian athletes such as pole vaulter Polish Pawel Wojciechowski, American swimmer Michael Phelps and long Team GB jumper Phillips Idowu, workers push barrows of retail food outside the Olympic Megastore in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park23-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Bird wildlife and a swimmers' rail leading into the still waters of the Serpentine pond, on 1st January 2017, in central London, England.
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  • Bird wildlife and a swimmers' rail leading into the still waters of the Serpentine pond, on 1st January 2017, in central London, England.
    serpentine_ducks-02-01-01-2017.jpg
  • A warning sign in four languages telling sea swimmers of the dangers on this Portuguese beach that only one side is guarded by lifesavers, on 18th July 2016, Costa Nova, near Aveira, Portugal. The Portuguese, French, English and German writing should inform most of those thinking of entering the rough waters, especially with mist rolling in. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • During a summer sea fog that has swept along this part of the Portuguese coast, misty sunbathers and sea swimmers enjoy cooler temperatures, on 18th July 2016, at Barra, near Aveira, Portugal. The faint figures disappear into the distance as the mist rolls across the beach. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_costanova-18-18-07-2016.jpg
  • During an August heatwave, the population of Brixton and many others from all over London, bask in the glorious weather at the Brockwell (Brixton)  Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. The Lido is a magnet for families, select groups, the young and old and represents an amalgam of humanity who enjoy the benefits of outdoor bathing and the friendship of meeting old friends and new acquaitances. We see a mass of people in late afternoon light with deep tans from the extended hot summer. There is little space left on the full pavement which retains its solar heat long after the sun has left the quadrangle of the lido's oblong design. They lay reading a newspaper or book, spread themselves on small towels or just chat to fellow-bathers. Swimmers are in the unheated water, others jump in or stand on the edge thinking about their next dive. It is a scene of chaotic fun for all ages and backgrounds. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    RB-0168.jpg
  • During a summer sea fog that has swept along this part of the Portuguese coast, misty sunbathers and sea swimmers enjoy cooler temperatures, on 18th July 2016, at Barra, near Aveira, Portugal. The faint figures disappear into the distance as the mist rolls across the beach. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_costanova-17-18-07-2016.jpg
  • A 1990s Afro-Caribbean mother and her child enjoy the August heatwave in the unheated waters of the Grade II listed  Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, 25th August 1995, in London, England. The Lido is an oasis for city dwellers to escape, if only for an hour from the pressures of fast urban life. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 but after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    lido_swimmer-25-08-1995.jpg
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