Hundreds of brave swimmers from across Cornwall took part in a Christmas Day plunge for charity.
People of all ages converged on a wet and windy Crooklets Beach for the annual swim in aid of the Bude Surf Life Saving Club.
Another swim took place at Sennen, also enjoyed by hundreds of hardy souls.
Here's a collection of photographs from the annual event in Bude taken by Paul Hamlyn.
Read more at http://www.cornwalllive.com/brave-swimm ... LBbk59Q.99
Xmas in Cornwall
Xmas in Cornwall
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Xmas In Cornwall
Well, it could have been worse. My cousin, Cynth, in Manchester said it was 13°c today. Not bad for this time of year in England. No wonder so many showed up for the plunge.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
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Say what you want about Cornwall, you have to admit Amy's a lovely Cornish Game Hen...
Xmas In Cornwall
FYI: Before her gender reassignment surgery she was known as Amos. Her Adam's Apple is the giveaway.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”