A bigger splash  <strong>Wild Swim: River, Lake, Lido and Sea -
the Best Places to Swim Outdoors in Britain</strong>  Some of
the worst fights I've ever had were with a boyfriend over who
got to keep what river when we split up, Windrush v Ruther. God,
it was vicious. Completely not in the spirit of wild swimming,
but what can I say? Spleen sucks, but we both loved the water.
In the end he got all the alcohol in the house and the Ruther
through till 2010 (even typing that conjures pain to the brink
of catatonia).  Kate Rew's suitably passionate guide to the best
places to swim outdoors in Britain is a vital book. Hold it and
salivate. Travelling from Cornwall to Skye, from river to sea to
pond to pool, she points out 307 open-air swimming spots, some
famous (Loch Lomond, Tooting Bec Lido), many hidden. The country
she conjures could be one of fantasy. A place where swallows
nest in changing rooms and Venetian glass beads from 17th-
century shipwrecks dot the seabed. Where you can swim over
sunken fields of let