Jonathan Cowie
Meeting strangers in car parks is a peculiarly outdoor swimmer pastime: a quick change under a dryrobe, a shared flask of coffee, and boots on for a muddy walk to the water’s edge. And so, on a chilly Saturday morning in November, we found ourselves in a layby in the Lake District. Any weekend that starts with a dip in Windermere with a complete bunch of strangers is off to a good start, but in a modern twist we all already knew each other from Instagram: “How lovely to meet you in real life.”