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GordonG Dec 2020 11:33am, 8 Dec 2020 8,397 posts	0 GordonG That cold water swimming can give you memory loss bbc.co.uk
LullayLulLazyDaisy Dec 2020 12:01pm, 8 Dec 2020 31,916 posts	0 LullayLulLazyDaisy Transient global amnesia can happen in a pool too - a friend in her late 70's had just such an attack in the local lido. Dr Michael Moseley has also had it, and wrote about it here ( I tried to find a non Daily Fail link but couldn't, sorry.) dailymail.co.uk
McGoohan Dec 2020 12:02pm, 8 Dec 2020 47,579 posts	0 McGoohan Quite pleased I go to a heated indoor pool now...
Snoot Dec 2020 12:45pm, 8 Dec 2020 952 posts	0 Snoot [Sparkly - my new car has a heated strearing wheel and I rarely turn it off as it’s great for my Reynaulds]
NDWDave Dec 2020 12:46pm, 8 Dec 2020 13,430 posts	0 NDWDave I can’t remember the last time I went cold water swimming to be honest
Badger Dec 2020 12:55pm, 8 Dec 2020 13,123 posts	0 Badger One of my friends went open water swimming last weekend and wore a bobble hat throughout. All of a sudden that seems really sensible.
Diogenes Dec 2020 1:02pm, 8 Dec 2020 55,606 posts	0 Diogenes I'm with Dave on this one
McGoohan Dec 2020 1:10pm, 8 Dec 2020 47,580 posts	0 McGoohan When me and Liebling finished the Yorkshire Wolds Way a couple of years back - it ends at the coast - she went paddling. I couldn't even do that. As soon as my feet went in the water, I felt sick. It was the end of May.
ding-dong-WtnMel-on-high Dec 2020 3:38pm, 8 Dec 2020 1,829 posts	0 ding-dong-WtnMel-on-high I can remember my last cold water swim - Sep 2019 at the North East Skinny Dip to raise money for 'charidee' (MIND in this case). Bobble hat (or other headgear) optional. So is a cozzie tbh but that rather defeats the 'challenge' of doing a skinny dip in the first place ..
D2metres apart airhug for Christmas Dec 2020 3:46pm, 8 Dec 2020 11,954 posts	0 D2metres apart airhug for Christmas Transient global amnesia; I'm going to use that excuse in stead of posting my failing s on the senior moments thread ....... if I remember