100,000 people give up wild swimming due to Britain's polluted rivers

100,000 people give up wild swimming due to Britain's polluted rivers

As warmer weather returns so do the attractions of an outdoor dip. Its revitalising power, even when conditions are more bracing, has helped fuel a British craze for “wild swimming”. Now though, after years as the country’s fastest growing sport, new figures seen by The i Paper reveal that the filthy state of our rivers, lakes and seas is finally taking its toll and keeping swimmers out of the water. Open-water swimming had been on the rise ever…