{"id":21802,"date":"2014-10-22T13:51:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T13:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=21802"},"modified":"2014-10-22T13:51:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T13:51:47","slug":"swimming-with-the-wild-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/10\/22\/swimming-with-the-wild-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming with the Wild Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re clinging onto the dying days of summer or hoping to plunge headfirst into nature, the Outdoor Swimming Society (OSS) has the perfect activity for you. All year round, people flock to Cardiff&#8217;s natural beauty sites to swim in wild waters, centred around the Taff. The river comprises 55 miles of freshwater swimming, running down from the Brecon Beacons. The most popular of these sites is in Bute Park, between Pontcanna Fields and Blackweir Fields, but many more are tried and tested by the OSS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21805\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 416px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/River_Taff_Weir_and_Footbridge-e1413821061515.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21805\" alt=\"A popular wild swimming site on the River Taff\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/River_Taff_Weir_and_Footbridge-416x312.jpg\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21805\" alt=\"A popular wild swimming site on the River Taff\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/River_Taff_Weir_and_Footbridge-416x312.jpg\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> A popular wild swimming site on the River Taff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The OSS is a community of wild swimmers that shares tips of the trade online, for those interested in partaking. Christine Birch of the OSS said, \u201cWe are very lucky in the Cardiff and South East Wales areas for beautiful places to swim &#8211; from the sea at Barry Island to the River Taff.\u201d So the only question remaining is \u2018to wetsuit or not to wetsuit?\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a daring outdoor pastime this Autumn, look no further than Cardiff\u2019s local wild swim sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":21979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95,2239,3769,3770,3771,3772,3773],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-21802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-nature","tag-outdoors","tag-swim","tag-the-oss","tag-water-sports","tag-wild-swim","tag-wild-swimming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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