More than 100 people kick off 2024 with New Year's Day Dee Dip
dailyrecord.co.ukMore than 100 people took the chance to kick start the New Year in style with the Dee Dip on Monday. Revellers braved the icy waters at Crossmichael Marina, many of them raising money for charity in the process.
Organiser Jim McLelland said: “There was an amazing turnout, there were around 120 or 130 folk. “The longest stayed in for 16 minutes and 20 seconds – they could have stayed in a lot longer, but you worry about some of them getting a chill. “There’s so many wild swimmers about nowadays, they’re quite hardy to what they’re doing.” Suzy Rook, Liz Hunter and Lorraine Sykes stayed in the water the longest – with Jim emerging from the water at the same time.
He explained: “I feel a bit of a scammer because I came out the water with them at the end – but I hadn’t been in all that time. “My job when they’re all in the water is to stand watching to make sure everybody is okay. “When most of the folk come out I go in and have my dip. “It ended up I wandered out with them so it looked as if I’d been in all that time but unfortunately I hadn’t. “I was standing watching all the time, which is probably colder than being in the water.”
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