It's a winter that saw the English Channel freeze over and yet Arthur Endersby and Arthur Ayres still strip off for their traditional Boxing Day dip at Bodymoor Heath in North Warwickshire. In these conditions most people are reaching for hats and gloves rather than swimming trunks, so we have to admire these Channel swimmers' for dipping more than a toe in the icy water. Interestingly it's the thickness of the ice and not the cold that puts a stop to their madness.