- Title: Naked participants celebrate life in North Sea mass skinny dip
- Date: 22nd September 2019
- Summary: DRURIDGE BAY, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 22, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS NUDITY*** NAKED PARTICIPANTS RUNNING INTO WAVES OF NORTH SEA AT DRURIDGE BAY, NORTHEAST ENGLAND VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS IN WAVES
- Embargoed: 6th October 2019 11:57
- Keywords: annual North East skinny dip skinny dipping
- Location: DRURIDGE BAY, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: DRURIDGE BAY, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001AXQODI1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: PART QUALITY AS INCOMING
CONTAINS NUDITY
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Fancy a skinny dip in the North Sea? Hundreds did in their birthday suits on Sunday (September 22) at the annual North East Skinny Dip in the UK.
People of all shapes and sizes ran into the waves to take the plunge in the early hours of the morning at Druridge Bay in Northumberland, "all in the name of charity and self-love," according to Tyneside & Northumberland Mind charity's website. The charity promotes mental health and well-being in the region.
The event, in its seventh year, was the brainchild of experienced swimmer Jax Higginson who had taken part in another skinny dip and wanted to share her positive experience with others, "helping them to embrace themselves in all of their beautiful glory," said the website.
The skinny dip is planned around the Autumn Equinox to "help aid the transition from summer to winter."
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