Two Sheffield wild swimming groups are advocating for everybody to have access to swim in inland waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheffield Outdoor Plungers Community (SOUPs) is a swimming group who share advice, safety tips and arrange group swims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are campaigning for the right to swim in Yorkshire Reservoirs, using the hashtag #RightToSwim, as Yorkshire Water has bylaws in place that forbid it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Member of the group Rachael Ackernley, 53, of Northwood Drive, said: \u201cI don\u2019t understand why Yorkshire Water can\u2019t liaise with other water authorities to understand how to achieve open and free swimming for all.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRather than people being told not to swim and being told how dangerous it is, train kids and adults and advise them so they know how to be confident and safe in open water; education is better than ignorance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the anniversary of the Kinder Mass Trespass which resulted in the Right to Roam, SOUP took part in a campaign for the right to extend to water; the Kinder Swim Trespass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hundreds of swimmers throughout Sunday took to the Kinder Reservoirs with placards saying \u2018Go Swimming\u2019 to protest the illegality of inland swimming. <\/p>\n\n\n
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