New Year's Day Dip

We are still in Edinburgh and went for a walk down to Portobello yesterday where all sorts of people were taking to the water. We refrained!

[Dianne]

So good - love the wooly hats!

[Casablanca]

I think refraining is the better part of wisdom!

[Pam Knowler]

Mad fools! Lol! Not for me!

[Wylie]

oh, that looks cold!

[Caterina]

Beautiful minimalist shot. Fav

[Sarah Bremner]

The North Sea is particularly chilly!! Our kids did a New Year dip with youth group friends 15+ years ago.
The West Coast is different....my sister and some friends go wild swimming very regularly all year round....
I'd just be walking by too.

[Pigeons Farm]

A lovely B&W

[Issi Bannerman]

@sarah19 Yes, it is cold, but it was a pretty good day for it, if you were that way inclined! It would have been much colder today with the wind guzzling as it is!

[Julie Duncan]

Gives me the shivers just looking at it! Great shot! :)

[Lee]

Nicely captured, shouldn't be too cold as they have hats on to keep them warm.

[Judith Johnson]

I know what it's like, I did this once, many years ago. In the North Sea at South Shields!

[Peter Dulis]

Lovely capture ...

[Bep]

Nice capture.

[Merrelyn]

That sounds like a wise decision. It must have been freezing !

[KWind]

Brave people! Great shot!

[Margo Sayer]

The 'hats' merit favs of their own. My younger brother used to swim on 1 January in the sea in the Isle of Man. He had more mettle than me!

[Margaret Brown]

I think I would have as well!! Brave or mad? You do question it, well caught!

[Michelle Renee]

Looks chilly!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

looks cold!

[Pat Knowles]

Ha ha if you refrained I certainly would but love the idea of being a brave wild swimmer...I think I have started thinking about it far too late! Not even a wetsuit in sight! Brrr!
I once swam in Lake Taupo & the colder the day the warmer the water feels!

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav and Cold!

[Leslie]

love their little hats and bikini's . I can't imagine doing that but plenty of people do here too.

[Islandgirl]

Oh my looks too cold for me!

[Kathy]

Polar Bear swim.

[Faye Turner]

Nicely captured

[Caroline]

They look very cold! I am sure I would have refrained as well.