Hardy outdoor swimmers who completed the traditional Discovery Mile this year were able to celebrate with the V&A as a backdrop for the first time.
Organised by YeAABA, the mile-long River Tay swim traditionally began from the Bridgeview Station restaurant and finished near Discovery Point.
This had not been possible for the past four years because of construction work on the £80 million museum in 2014.
The swim was instead re-routed to Broughty Ferry, starting at Dundee Sailing Club at Grassy beach before finishing at the west corner of the YeAABA pier.
The return to the original route on Saturday was marked with a brand new double-sided Discovery Medal, funded by Dundee City Council’s community grant.
One side shows the V&A, which is due to open in two weeks, on September 15, and the other shows the Discovery ship.
Joyce McIntosh, life president of YeAABA, said the medal signifies the two “icons” of the city.
She said: “They are both icons now. The V&A is so new but I already see it as a big image of the city.
“The museum isn’t open yet of course but now construction has all finished, the area is safe for us to swim.
“It’s quite nice to be able to finish with the museum towering over you as well. The V&A building actually helps the swimmers in some ways as it gives a bit of shelter.
“Next year, there will likely be many more people around to watch the swim and we need to capitalise on that.
“It’s up to us to start marketing it more. Next year, we’ll be celebrating our 135th year as a club and it’d be great to get more publicity.”
22 swimmers took part in this year’s event.
Steve Adams won the men’s category with a time of 27 minutes and 11 seconds while Heather Ingram won the women’s with 31 minutes and 16 seconds.
John Burke and April Roberts won the boy’s and girl’s respectively with times of 29 minutes, and 42 minutes.
