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Home > Archives for Boxing Day Dip

Archives for Boxing Day Dip

Peter Pan Christmas Day Race (Photo: Serpentine Swimming Club)

Festive swims and fancy dress dips

All over the UK, brave souls will be donning their trunks, swimming costumes and fancy dress outfits on Christmas Day and Boxing Day to take part in some chilly swims and dips…

Peter Pan Christmas Day Race (Photo: Serpentine Swimming Club)

Crazy Christmas Day swims and bonkers Boxing Day dips

All over the UK brave souls will be donning their trunks, swimming costumes and fancy dress outfits to take a chilly dip in the water this festive season…

Peter Pan Christmas Day Race (Photo: Serpentine Swimming Club)

Cheeky and chilly in the Christmas Day and Boxing Day dips

For some, Christmas time means donning the trunks, swimming costumes and fancy dress. So Contrary Life brings you a round-up of Boxing Day swims in the UK…

Curiosity of the Week

The quirky wonders of Wigtown
Martyr's Stake in Wigtown

The annual Wigtown Book Festival opens this week. So, we thought it was a good time to take a look at this quirky Scottish town for our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Solo cinema and scientific sounds at Flatpack Festival
Flatpack Festival 2022, Design by Keith Dodds and Illustration by Jacques Kleynhans

Flatpack Festival brings an eclectic mix of shows, screenings and activities that surprise and delight audiences to venues across Birmingham…

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