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Pictures as Kirkcaldy loony dookers plunge into the Forth to welcome 2025

Dozens of people welcomed the new year with a bracing dip.

Dannie Naylor from Kinglassie embraces the cold! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

By Claire Warrender

January 1 2025, 4:14pm

January 1 2025, 4:14pm

Hundreds of Fifers welcomed 2025 with a bracing new year dip.

Among them were scores of hardy Kirkcaldy folk who took part at the town’s beach.

The skirl of bagpipes accompanied the loony dookers in fancy dress into the water at noon.

Organised by Kirkcaldy Rugby Club, many of the brave souls were raising cash for the NHS Charitable Foundation and Joscelyne’s Journey.

The Kirkcaldy loony dook was one of three similar Fife events on new year’s day.

Others took place in Kinghorn and Limekilns.

And the 20th East Neuk Dook ended 2024 with a splash on Hogmanay.

Our photographer Steve Brown was in Kirkcaldy to capture some of the fun.

Claire and Stefan Dunn from Falkirk. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Leanne Gardiner, Matthew Gardiner and Bill Berry from Kirkcaldy. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Claire & Derek Waddell from Dunfermline. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Participants psych themselves up for the plunge. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Snow White waits on the shore. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Lots of fantastic costumes. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Davie Littlejohn aka Dangerous Dave from Kirkcaldy. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Claire & Stefan Dunn skip along the beach. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

A participant ready for challenge! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Time for a quick photo before the dook. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

And they’re off! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Participants take the plunge! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

A refreshing dip! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Cheryl Neilson, Laura Patterson and Zeeta Ramshaw from Kirkcaldy. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Smiles despite the cold! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

A banana bobs in the waves. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Dippers splash through the waves. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Friends together. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Scooby Doo joins the plunge. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Never turn your back on a wave! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Heading back into shore. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Pretty in pink! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Too chilly! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Rushing to get out! Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Last one out, Dannie Naylor from Kinglassie and her beautiful Christmas tree headpiece doesn’t seem to mind the cold water. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

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