‘Our early morning swims are wonderful’
However dark, however chilly, at 6am most Wednesday mornings, Helen Davis, 53, will pull up at Dead Man’s Corner – a beauty spot on the River Cam – to join her swimming buddies Kate, 49, and Jo, 59.
‘We’re all keen swimmers and met at the swimming pool, training with our local triathlon club,’ says Helen, a sports psychologist from Cambridge.
‘When the pool had to close for the first COVID-19 lockdown, we moved to the river – and even though we’re now back to our usual pool training,
