1st January 2008 - the Enoch Burn in full spate ensures that there will be no possibility of it being crossed 'dry shod' - so soaking footwear even before the pre-swim football game is the order of the day. Above right PD takes part in the traditional 'hitting the pole with a stone' activity (NB the NY swim is a complex and multi-layered ritual that has evolved over many decades - a vertitable minefield of social protocols and taboos).
Above left, the football game takes on the increasingly usual format of 3 against 2. The 3 (Andy Hunter, Colin Macleod & Tommy MacKay) quickly take a 10-4 lead - the winning score being first to 11. However, in an astonishing comeback the 2 (Martin Boyd & Peter Dawson) pull back to win 10-11. Afterwards Peter reflects that the turning point in their fortunes came when they decided that the tactic of two up-front wasn't working!
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