Happy BLUE Year: Swimmers brave the chill to herald 2011 with traditional dip in icy waters
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 2:21 AM on 2nd January 2011
Last updated at 2:21 AM on 2nd January 2011
Swimmers braved icy seas yesterday for an annual New Year’s Day dip.
Among the intrepid bathers near the Forth Bridge in Edinburgh, at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, were revellers in Spiderman, viking, sailor and Santa outfits.
A few brave souls even stripped down to just bikinis in the chilly water.
Taking the plunge: Swimmers heral the New Year by braving the cold in the Forth Bridge near Edinburgh
Chilled out: Swimmers don't look too bothered by the extreme cold
There, there and THERE'S Wally! Among the 1,000 revellers in South Queensferry were a group of Wallies
Crikey! You're brr-ave: Swimmers, icnluding a woman in a viking outfit brave the cold at Whitley Bay
Having a crash time: Giants waves batter he shore as intrepid bathers venture out at Scarborough
Across the North Sea, thousands of Dutch men and women donned little else but hats bearing the national colour of orange as they frolicked in the sea at Scheveningen near capital The Hague.
Members of the Berlin Seals also braved sub-zero temperatures as they took dips in a clearing of the frozen Oranke lake.
Orange holiday: Dutch men and women wearing their national colour take a dip at Scheveningen
More like Brrwatch: Women in bikinis run through the surf at Scheveningen beach near The Hague
Come on in, the water's FREEZING: a group of girls beckon their friends to join them at Scheveningen beach
In only slightly warmer climes, hundreds of Romans dived, jumped and flopped into the city’s Tiber River from the Ponte Cavour bridge.
In Marseille some 100 people of ‘Cercle des Nageurs’ club dashed into the Mediterranean at the Catalan beach at Marseille, southern France.
Daring: Italy's Marco Fois dives into the Tiber River from the 59ft high Ponte Cavour bridge in Rome
Flopping: Another man leaps in the Tiber with a little less finesse
Hug me quick! Members of the Berlin Seals embrace for warmth as the jump in frozen Oranke lake
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