Danni Menzies slips into a skimpy red bikini in minus degree temperatures as she goes wild swimming in Scotland
During her television career she has enjoyed the sun, sea and sand on tropical beaches around the world.
However, Danni Menzies faced much colder water on Wednesday when she took a dip in a cold Scottish lake amid freezing temperatures.
Place In The Sun, 36, posted a video to social media showing her braving the freezing conditions after stripping down to a red bikini.
In the clip she said: “It was minus 12 here last night so this is going to be interesting.”
The star, who has spoken about her love of wild swimming, then steps into the water and wades out before being joined by her black Labrador Mona, who swims towards her.
In a note to her post, Menzies said: ‘I have no idea what the water temperature was but I can tell you two minutes was enough!’
Danni Menzies endured much colder water on Wednesday as she took a dip in a chilly Scottish lake amid freezing temperatures
The Place In The Sun host, 36, posted a video to social media of herself braving the freezing conditions after stripping down to a red bikini
The body of water in the video is probably Loch Tay. Her parents live on a large estate in Kenmore, Perthshire, next to the lake.
Later in the video, Menzies donned a white dressing gown and wool hat before she and Mona played tug-of-war with a towel.
The fun clip comes after the presenter made a surprising career move with a new project.
The Scottish star started co-hosting A Place In The Sun in 2016 and announced her departure from the program earlier last year.
In partnership with The Health Lottery, Danni started an ‘inspirational’ podcast where she speaks to personalities such as Kaye Adams from Loose Women.
Danni told The Scottish Sun at the time: ‘I’m thrilled to be anchoring my first ever podcast series with The Health Lottery.
“I can’t wait to share uplifting and entertaining stories of kindness, resilience and celebrating achievement with people from all walks of life.”
Award-winning filmmaker and photographer Doug Allan, Michelin-star chef Andy Beynon and best-selling author Chris Brookmyre were also on the pod.
In the clip she said: ‘It was minus 12 here last night so this is going to be interesting’
The star, who has spoken about her love of wild swimming, then steps into the water and wades out before being joined by her black Labrador Mona, who swims towards her.
Danni’s show became available on all platforms including Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music from May 23.
Her show is part of The Health Lottery’s Pay it Forward campaign, which has raised more than £130 million for wellbeing causes in the UK.
Mark Nash, the company’s marketing director, said: ‘We hope this podcast will inspire listeners to embrace the joy of giving back and celebrate life’s victories, big and small. It’s a great showcase for what the Health Lottery stands for.’
Last year Danni also confirmed she is single and said she was simply enjoying life after a short relationship with Love Island star Jay Younger, 31 – also a Scot.
She proved that in April when she shared beautiful photos from her solo trip to the Cayman Islands to see a friend.
Danni said, “Things weren’t going well for Jay, but that’s okay. If you travel a lot for work, it becomes more difficult to meet someone.’
The fun clip comes after the presenter made a surprising career move with a new project (pictured in 2023)
In February, Danni paid a heartfelt tribute to her A Place In The Sun co-star Jonnie Irwin following his tragic death from cancer at the age of 50.
Her fond memories of A Place In The Sun were soured by the untimely death of co-star Jonnie Irwin.
In February, Danni paid a heartfelt tribute to Jonnie who died aged 50 after a battle with terminal lung cancer.
Through her Instagram Stories, Danni shared a poem by Ida Banks and told her followers how her former colleague would “live on in those who loved him.”
The message read: “When we die, I want to believe that we are scattered among all the people who ever loved us.”
“That we will continue to exist in them, in their bloodstreams, for generations, for lifetimes.”
Danni added exaggeratedly, “You will Jonnie xxx.”