Parkdean recommends five of the best crazy Christmas traditions!

GET YOUR SEASONAL SPEEDOS ON AND GO FOR A FESTIVE SWIM!

PARKDEAN RECOMMENDS FIVE OF THE BEST CRAZY CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS!

Parkdean, one of the UK’s leading holiday park operators, has been looking into the madness that is the great British tradition of the festive swim! Instead of eating hundreds of chocolates or spending hours on your stuffing, why not try a Christmas morning dip or if you’re not brave enough to join in, just spectate?

Christmas Day Harbour Swim, Weymouth, Dorset

Over 150 brave souls took a dip in the Dorset sea last Christmas day raising money for a variety of charities and causes. If you feel like doing a good deed on Christmas morning, join the Weymouth and Portland Lions and get sponsored to swim across the harbour. If you are a festive visitor to Parkdean’s Warmwell Holiday Park or Sandford Holiday Park it’s not far to the harbour for a quick dip and then back in time for a scrummy turkey dinner!

A five night break (23-28th December) at Parkdean’s Warmwell Holiday Park from only £469 in a cosy lodge for up to four sharing.

A five night break (23-28th December) at Parkdean’s Sandford Holiday Park from only £319 in a two bed caravan holiday home for up to six sharing

Christmas Morning Swim, Trevaunance Cove, Cornwall

Parkdean’s White Acres Holiday Park

is a great location for surfers and Cornish coast enthusiasts. Only a short drive to stunning Trevaunance Cove, Christmas Day traditions just got a little chillier! Tim Bawden, the Landlord of The Taphouse in St Agnes has been swimming at Trevaunance Cove for the past fifteen years. Put on your swimming costume and join him and over 100 festive swimmers who get together each year on the beach at Trevaunance Cove and swim in the Cornish Sea! Surfers and swimmers all get in the festive spirit; it’s also a great way to shake off the Christmas Eve hangovers!

A five night break (23-28th December) at Parkdean’s White Acres Holiday Park from only £419 in a cosy two bed lodge.

Exmouth Christmas Day Swim, Devon

Keen swimmers looking for a Christmas challenge should meet by the Clock Tower at Exmouth beach to join in their annual Christmas Day swim. Over 1000 people turned up last year to spectate and cheer on the brave people who joined in the annual dip. Many turn up in Father Christmas costumes to brave the waves. Those who fancy joining in could stay at Parkdean’s Ruda Holiday Park

. Only an hour’s drive away, it’s in a perfect location to join in the festive fun and head back for a traditional Christmas dinner in your cosy lodge.

A four night break (23-27th December) at Parkdean’s Ruda Holiday Park from only £529 in a three bed lodge or

two bed beachside apartment.

Spartans Christmas Day Swim, Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth

Visitors at Parkdean’s Sandford or Hayling Island Parks will be in for a surprise if they drive to Bournemouth beach this Christmas. Bournemouth’s Spartan club will be taking the plunge by Boscombe pier for their annual festive swim! Dressed in crazy costumes, the participants combine wackiness and stamina as they swim to the end of the pier and back. If you fancy joining the Spartans, be at Boscombe Pier at 11.00am Christmas Day.

A five night break (23-28th December) at Parkdean’s Sandford Holiday Park from only £319 in a two bed caravan holiday home for up to six sharing

A five night break (23-28th December) at Parkdean’s Hayling Island Holiday Park from only £299 in a two bed caravan holiday home for up to six sharing.

The Boxing Day Dash, Charlestown, Cornwall

Not quite so keen on sea swimming on Christmas Day? Why not go to Charlestown in Cornwall, located near Parkdean’s White Acres Holiday Park, for a Boxing Day two minute dash in the cool Cornish waves. Join the other festive fundraisers, each raising money for charity, to take part in this popular tradition. The Charlestown tradition has raised over £13,000 so far, so get your family to embrace a new tradition this year and raise even more for a good cause.

A five night break (23-28th December) at Parkdean’s White Acres Holiday Park from only £419 in a cosy lakeside lodge, sleeping up to six people.

If swimming in the sea on Christmas day seems a little too chilly, all Parkdean’s holiday parks have indoor heated swimming pools. With spacious caravans and luxury lodge holiday homes, Parkdean’s high standard of accommodation appeals to both families and couples looking for great value holidays.

Parkdean Holidays has a total of 24 holiday parks throughout the UK, including six parks in Scotland – for more information or to book your Parkdean Holiday:

Call 0844 335 3387 or visit www.parkdean.com

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