The water isn't that cold in the UK! Well except during the depths of winter. In summer it's quite nice, especially on a hot summer's day.
>Implying you have summer in England I spent 3 weeks on holiday there in the winter, no, it's never warm and it's never sunny
In january last year we only Saw 14 hours of sunlight all in all through the intire month. Thats less than a days sunligt spread over 30 days