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    Taking the plunge

    Apr 30, 2021 3 minutes

    The safe swimmers code

    ■ SPOT the dangers

    ■ ADVICE – follow safety advice and read signs

    ■ FRIEND – swim with others

    ■ EMERGENCY – call for help, recognise the signs of someone in trouble.

    WE DO like to be beside the seaside. So said the Victorians, and nothing has changed. A recent study of 20,000 mobile phone users recording their feelings of wellbeing at various intervals, found marine and coastal spots were the ‘happiest locations’.

    And for many of us, the world of seagulls nicking chips, kiss-me-quick hats (remember them) and end-of-pier fortune tellers is just

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