Every morning – come rain or shine – James takes his camera equipment down to the seafront 📷 He’s there taking pictures of the Dawnstalkers, a sea swim club who, you guessed it, gathers at dawn for a dip. And Christmas is no different.
Getting up in the early hours of the morning on Christmas Day will be familiar to many tired parents with overexcited children.James RichardsonEvery morning – come rain or shine – James, 36, takes his camera equipment down to the seafront in Penarth, South Wales., a sea swim club who, you guessed it, gathers at dawn for a dip. And this Christmas Day is no different.
In 2018, the British Medical Journal published a report about using cold water swimming as a treatment for depression, explaining that it puts our bodies into fight-or-flight mode and helps us better adapt to stress. And he’ll be there on Christmas morning too. He says: ‘Some people go down in Santa hats, and it’s just a lovely thing to do – especially if Christmas is hard for you.’In fact, James has almost reached a staggering milestone – he’ll soon have headed down to the beach every day, camera in hand, for 500 days in a row. And he’s become a recognisable figure in the group. While other members might wear swimming costumes or wetsuits – often with a woolly hat – James goes for a different vibe.
‘Word spread and there was a core group of around 10 to 15 swimmers, with my ex-partner being one of them. She’d often encourage me to come down to the beach – but I’d have rather stayed in bed!
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