“Me, Roger and Dex completed another Polar Bear Swim at Buntzen Lake. We where the only people in the beach in the morning. It was a very cold morning and visibility was very low because of the morning fog. But it made for an interesting scenery. Cheers to another year! Happy New Year everyone! Great way to ring in 2013!”

Polar Bear Dip held at Kelso Conservation Park on Jan 1, 2013. The goal of this event was to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis and Deaf Swimmer.

Tour Scotland video of The Loony Dook held on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 in the Forth Estuary on visit to South Queensferry near Edinburgh. This New Year’s Day swim takes place on the first day of each new year, and today, once again, almost one thousand brave swimmers dressed up in costumes and fancy dress dipped into the freezing cold water of the Firth of Forth in front of the Forth Rail Bridge. Crew member from Queensferry Lifeboat Station, which is part of the RNLI, were also in the water helping to provide a safe environment for the dippers.

January 1 swim for St Elizabeth’s Hospice.