Polar Bear Challenge Nov 2023 - Mar 2024
Sea swimming through the winter to raise money for Brightlingsea Winterfest Wellbeing Fund
Welcome to this space which I have created to share my experience of taking part in the Arctic Polar Bear Challenge this winter.
In 2020/2021 I completed the Gold Polar Bear Challenge raising £2,588.80 for the Samaritans and Colchester Buddhist Centre.
In 2021/2022 I completed the Arctic Polar Bear Challenge raising £2,366.44 for St Helena Hospice and Colchester Buddhist Centre.
After a break last winter due to going on a Buddhist Pilgrimage to India, I have decided once more to take to the chilly seas and this time I am hoping to raise money for the Brightlingsea Winterfest Wellbeing Fund.
Go here for details of my journey to date, what the Arctic Challenge involves and why I am raising money.
Short summaries of my swims can be found here for 2020/21 and 2021/22 along with a gallery of ‘Photos’ and ‘Videos’, including my swim in the snow on 9th February 2022.
If you sign-up to my newsletter at the end of each month I will send you a summary of my activity.
Many thanks
Sthiranaga
(Darren Barrenger)
The above pictures are after my first swim of this year’s campaign and of Casa Azul, the beach hut where I start and finish all of my swims.
