BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:South West NAME:South West BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Great South Skinny Dip 2025 DTSTAMP:20250417T085324Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:9549-4-0712e666d78c35a5e0181a336d457050@bn.org.uk ORGANIZER;CN="stuarthamilton":notifications@bn.org.uk DESCRIPTION:\n Great South Skinny Dip\n\n Knoll Beach\, Studland Bay\,\n \n Near Swanage\, Dorset. BH19 3AQ. (what3words ///dumpling.hatch.corkscre w)\n\n Saturday 6th September 2025\, 1pm (meet from 12 noon)\n\n Entry cos ts £15.00\n\n\n\n Facebook Group link here\n\n\n\n http://www.entrycentra l.com/favicon.pngSign-up for 2025 Great South Skinny Dip\n\n\n\n The Great South Skinny Dip is part of the Great British Skinny Dip. Thousands of pe ople across the country will be taking part to raise money for good causes and to experience the exhileration of being naked.\n\n Why Skinny Dip?\n\ n From mental health and body positivity to raising your heart rate and ju st feeling the rush of being alive\, there are many\, many health benefits to being naked. But\, if you are looking for another reason to skinny dip \, why not do it for a great cause? Our chosen charity is the mental heath charity MIND (charity reg no 219830)\n\n\n\n The Great British Skinny Dip started in 2016 and has expanded from one event to dozens being organised around the country.\n\n\n\n Being in a non-judgemental diverse group help s you become familiar with and accepting of all kinds of body types. Whate ver you look like\, you are normal\, as is everyone else.\n\n You can be a s bare as you dare. If you would feel more comfortable wearing a swimsuit then you are welcome to. There will be time to strip off and store your cl othes before the off and plenty of space to spread out or stay within your friends or family group when on the beach.\n\n\n\n https://slowswimming.o rg/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20240109_145036-1024x557.jpg\n\n\n\n The Great South Skinny Dip takes place at 1pm (meet from 12 noon) on the beac h at Studland Bay. We are 1km along the sea front to the north (to the lef t) of the Knoll Beach National Trust car park.\n\n\n\n https://slowswimmin g.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Image2-1024x421.jpg\n\n\n\n We will be me eting at 12 noon at on the beach. You will see our Slow Swimming torquoise flags and table 1km along the beach to the north of the car park.\n\n Ple ase make sure you have entered online first. Once signed in you will recei ve a wrist band that you must wear during the event.\n\n At 1pm we will so und the horn and rush as one into the sea. Squeals and screams are bound t o follow!\n\n\n\n This year we are proud to be raising much needed funds f or MIND (charity reg no 219830)\n\n Ask your friends\, family and colleagu es to sponsor you to take part in the Great South Skinny Dip then click he re to make a donation to MIND\, or to upload your sponsorship money.\n\n h ttps://www.mind.org.uk/donate/ \n\n\n\n To Enter the Swim\n\n\n\n 1. Click the ‘Sign Me Up button’ to go through to Entry Central\n\n 2. Fill in the details of each member of your group.\n\n You can pay by any type of payment card using the checkout.\n\n\n\n http://www.entrycentral.com/favic on.pngSign-up for 2025 Great South Skinny Dip\n\n\n\n https://slowswimming .org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Great-South-Skinny-Dip-patch-2024.png\n\n\ n\n Order your Great South Skinny Dip patch for your robe or towel at the same time and it will be ready for you on the day.\n\n\n\n Travelling\n\n\ n\n By road\n\n\n\n B3351 from Corfe Castle and Swanage or via chain ferry from Sandbanks\, Poole\n\n\n\n Parking: Pay and display at the National T rust car park\, Knoll Beach (free to NT members).\n\n\n\n On foot\n\n\n\n Studland Bay is on the South West Coast Path and is accessible on foot fro m Bournemouth and Poole via the Sandbanks chain ferry.\n\n\n\n By train\n\ n\n\n The closest mainline railway stations are Parkstone and Branksome in Poole and Wareham. The closest stop on the Swanage Railway is Swanage its elf. Options for onward travel to Studland Bay include buses\, walking and cycling.\n\n\n\n By bus\n\n\n\n Purbeck Breezer no.50 from Bournemouth an d Poole or Swanage. £2 per person until end October.\n\n\n\n By bicycle\n \n\n\n Studland Bay is on the National Cycle Network Route Two which runs east to Bournemouth and Poole and west to Corfe Castle and Wareham. Bike r acks are available at Knoll Beach. Beryl bikes bays are available at all f our Studland Bay car parks (South\, Middle and Knoll Beaches\, Shell Bay). Any bicycles\, including Beryl bikes\, can be brought over on the ferry f or a £1 fee each way (the Beryl bike hire fee can be ‘paused’ while o n ferry). For more information go to https://beryl.cc/scheme/bournemouth-c hristchurch-and-poole.\n\n\n\n Cycle route information \n\n\n\n By ferry\ n\n\n\n A chain ferry links Sandbanks in Poole with Studland Bay\, carryin g vehicles\, bikes and foot passengers. Ferry service runs every 20 minute s. Find out more about arriving by ferry or phone 01929 450203.\n\n\n\n Am I allowed to take pictures?\n\n\n\n We strongly urge you to consider the privacy of others when taking film and photos to capture your GSSD experie nce. Refrain from uploading any footage to social media without the permis sion of all those featured. Some dippers simply cannot afford to have them selves displayed on the internet. Be sensible and respectful.\n\n DTSTART:20250906T120000Z DTEND:20250906T130000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR