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| Druridge Bay skinny dippers miss out on world record | Druridge Bay skinny dippers miss out on world record |
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| Hundreds of swimmers have braved the cold of the Northumberland coast in an attempt at a record-breaking skinny dip. | Hundreds of swimmers have braved the cold of the Northumberland coast in an attempt at a record-breaking skinny dip. |
| Despite more than 200 naked people running into the 12C sea at Druridge Bay at sunrise, they failed to break the world record. | Despite more than 200 naked people running into the 12C sea at Druridge Bay at sunrise, they failed to break the world record. |
| Organiser Jacqueline Higginson said the event was still a "lot of fun". | Organiser Jacqueline Higginson said the event was still a "lot of fun". |
| The North East Skinny Dip was organised to raise money for mental health charity Mind. | The North East Skinny Dip was organised to raise money for mental health charity Mind. |
| Miss Higginson, 34, from Whitburn, took part in a previous Guinness World record dip last year. | |
| The group of 413 people who took part in the Midsummer Skinny Dip in South Wales in June 2011, hold the current Guinness World record. | |
| She said: "Today loads of us ran naked into the sea to raise money for Mind and to celebrate ourselves and our bodies. | She said: "Today loads of us ran naked into the sea to raise money for Mind and to celebrate ourselves and our bodies. |
| "I did a skinny dip last year where we broke the world record, I don't think there was enough to do it today but there was enough of us for it to be a lot of fun." | "I did a skinny dip last year where we broke the world record, I don't think there was enough to do it today but there was enough of us for it to be a lot of fun." |
| The National Trust, which owns the section of beach the swimmers used, gave permission for the event to take place. | The National Trust, which owns the section of beach the swimmers used, gave permission for the event to take place. |
| The air temperature in the area was reported to be 5.5C at sunrise. | The air temperature in the area was reported to be 5.5C at sunrise. |