12 Winter swims for The Cinnamon Trust

Sunday 2 March - the challenge is complete! We set out in October 2024 to do 2 winter/non-heated water dips every month until March 2025. We have completed these in various locations and water temperature ranges from 2° to 8.9° and outside temperatures as low as -5°. Thankfully it’s good for the soul, good for the 🧠, good for the body and we’ve raised a bit of £ for the cinnamon trust. Our fund raising page is open until 31st March 2025. Thank you for following our story and your hard earned cash. Bex & Astrid

Saturday 1st March - out penultimate dip of our 12 winter dips challenge. 7.2° at Lee Valley White Water Centre this morning. We scraped frost from the car, appeared from the fog, plunged in with the canoeists and then got a selfie with our lifeguard 🦄 and hopefully raised a few extra £s for 🐶 🐈 🐴 🐔 the cinnamon trust. Catch up with our final winter dips challenge tomorrow 🥶 🧊

2nd February 2025 and our 10th winter dip for the Cinnamon Trust. It was a beautiful blue sky day but don’t be fooled! It was -2° and frosty (you can se the ice on the bouy in the pic). March brings our final 2 swims to conclude our goal of 12 for pets and people

1st February 2025 cold dip number 9 for the Cinnamon Trust at Herts Young Mariners Base, Cheshunt. A dubious 6° (it felt more like 3!) The moorhens and 🦆 were out in force this morning and a cameo appearance from the resident heron. It’s a busy month for both of us so we’ve scheduled dip number 10 for tomorrow. Thank you for your support and donations for this super cause supporting pets and people 🐶 🐱 🐴

25th January 2025. Month 4 swim 8 completed of 12 winter dips for the Cinnamon Trust 🐶 🐱 🐴.  It was a blue sky and sun but 🌊 dip was a little too choppy following Storm Eowyn so we opted for Andark Lake. Temperatures across the lake ranged 4.3° to 5.3° (colder in the middle/7m deep). So, 4 swims left, thank you to everyone who has donated and reached our £350 target , maybe we could attract a few more £s over the next 2 months :)