an early swim, new year, 1st January 2020
at Magheramore Beach – Trá An Machaire Mór
it was about 10:00am, before the walkers got there
it always feels like a safe, tranquil swim at Magheramore
– long may it be accessible
Magheramore Strand, Wicklow: New Year’s Day Swim
Cold water coast 
The swim is doable. It is just a matter of bringing a portable heater…like a bottle of Jameson whiskey for example…
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Some special ‘medicinal’ hot chocolate with an extra ingredient is always nice…
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I used to bring hard stuff with me during my winter swims but it recently dawned upon me that, because alcohol is acidic and having an acidic blood pH increases the chances of catching the flu, drinking alcohol after a winter swim is not that much of a great idea. The real solution is going alkaline by eating plenty of alkaline foods like fruit and raw vegetables. By following this kind of diet one can actually take a cold shower and swim in cold water without ever catching the flu and all the more so because it seems like research shows that cold water boosts the immune system. Anyway I must admit that once in a while (quite rarely now) I do bring some hard stuff with me when I go swimming in winter
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Yeah alcohol probably reverses all the good effects of the swim anyway … and we drive to the swims too, so not the best idea overall! But at festive times it’s tempting….
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Wishing you a very Happy New Year. I’m yet to take on swimming in the ocean during the winter, maybe one day 😀
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Happy New Year OC!
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Brrrrrr 😬
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