Meet the man swimming 5km in Newcastle’s fountains

Twenty-year-old Sean McCabe has added Newcastle fountains to his training regime... but the big question is why?

Meet the man swimming 5km in Newcastle’s fountains. Twenty-year-old Sean McCabe has added Newcastle fountains to his training regime... but the big question is why? As he prepares for a personal challenge, the man known as Skinny_Sean on Instagram finds himself a viral sensation after posting his five-kilometre “dips” in some of the region’s most iconic bodies of water. His unusual routine now includes the Civic Park Fountain, Charlestown Golf Course, Blacksmiths’ Grannies Pool and more. Along the way, he’s even garnered more than 211,000 views for one single post. McCabe said his exit from the pool and into public spaces was a means of branching out of his comfort zone. “It started just to get over a bit of social anxiety... and just get out there,” he explained. “I was already training and doing it, so I might as well record it.” McCabe...