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Cold

Beth Kempton's prompt of the week

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Jilly WingitWriter
Jan 12, 2026
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Very fitting for the time of year, but it’s also very fitting for my favourite pastime. Cold water swimming. I often wonder why some swimmers are so fixated on the temperature of the water during the colder months as the word is enough - yeah COLD. Perhaps it’s the ego slipping in, the bravado, the ‘look what I’ve done’.

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