Dozens of swimmers have taken a New Year's Day dip into the Firth of Forth in the annual Loony Dook.<br /><br />The dook, a Scots word meaning to dip or plunge, began on 1 January 1987 when a group of friends went for a swim in the icy water as a hangover cure.<br /><br />It was organised professionally from 2009 but faced accusations of commercialisation in recent years.<br /><br />This year there is no organisation behind it with the dook being run by locals.<br /><br />Swimmers went into the water at locations along the coast including Kinghorn in Fife, South Queensferry, Portobello in Edinburgh and North Berwick.
