Hundreds of people stripped naked and dived into the freezing North Sea for what's thought to be Britain's biggest skinny dip yesterday. See photos after the cut
The North East Skinny Dip celebrates the first official day of autumn, also know as the autumn equinox, as well as raising money for charity .
This year the event welcomed the most participants ever in its five-year history as more than 400 people gathered at Druridge Bay, in Northumberland, at 5.30am.
Organiser Jax Higginson, from Sunderland, who came up with the idea after attending a similar event in Wales, told Chronicle Live : “We always have a positive response.
“People do it one year then come back again and again. We’ve grown every year so far - people come back with a friend.”
Jax added the idea behind doing it at dawn is to run towards a rising sun “celebrating the summer and welcoming the winter”.
Ellen Headingly, 45, did the dip last year after her friends persuaded her and came back again to experience it again.
“I didn’t want to do it last year, it isn’t something I ever thought I would enjoy at all,” she said.
500 people strip off for Britain's biggest skinny dip in freezing North Sea for Charity
The North East Skinny Dip celebrates the first official day of autumn, also know as the autumn equinox, as well as raising money for charity .
This year the event welcomed the most participants ever in its five-year history as more than 400 people gathered at Druridge Bay, in Northumberland, at 5.30am.
Organiser Jax Higginson, from Sunderland, who came up with the idea after attending a similar event in Wales, told Chronicle Live : “We always have a positive response.
“People do it one year then come back again and again. We’ve grown every year so far - people come back with a friend.”
Jax added the idea behind doing it at dawn is to run towards a rising sun “celebrating the summer and welcoming the winter”.
Ellen Headingly, 45, did the dip last year after her friends persuaded her and came back again to experience it again.
“I didn’t want to do it last year, it isn’t something I ever thought I would enjoy at all,” she said.
500 people strip off for Britain's biggest skinny dip in freezing North Sea for Charity
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