'This feels like vindication': Penarth beach swimmers hail 'excellent' water rating

For the Dawnstalkers swim club, the Severn estuary's bathing water quality officially being rated 'excellent' is a bonusThe air was cold and misty, the water chilly and muddy-looking, but nevertheless as day broke a couple of dozen members of the Dawnstalkers sea swim club strode down the slipway and joyfully plunged into the Severn estuary."That was great," said Grant Zehetmayr, a founder of the club that meets at Penarth seafront in south Wales come rain, sun or even snow, after his bracing dip. "Dawnstalkers has changed my life. Knowing that every day there will be someone ready to brave the cold sea with you is really quite special. I love it." Continue reading...