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Hundreds of brave souls are expected to celebrate the new year with a cold plunge for the annual Looney Duke
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Well, it's not for me, but the tradition dates back to 1987 when a group of friends went for a dip into the Firth of Fourth in Scotland to cure their hangovers
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Yeah, I think a few of us might need that this morning. But GB News' Scotland reporter Tony Maguire is there in South Queensferry for us
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Tony, are you going to be taking the plunge? I'm just about to do it in a wee second
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but just before we do, as you say, this is a 40-year-old tradition here in the absolutely glorious surroundings of the Forth Bridges
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And just an honour, just to explain my get-up today, no shirt and tie, in honour of Scotland making it to the World Cup this year
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we are donning the Scotland top, but we're just about to go in
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We don't have too long with you, but, whoa, God, this is absolutely freezing
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Seven degrees, I heard a woman who had a wee thermometer today
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My voice is going so high. A little bit out It so cold I can really tell you how cold it is My voice is going
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Tony, I can hear your voice. It's absolutely freezing. Back on the shore, a little better now
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But, yeah, this is a long-term tradition. No wonder everyone's laid up at the start of January with a cold
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But Happy New Year to all you guys in the studio. So happy New Year's to all our viewers back at home
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I really wish someone had advised me a little better not to do this today
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But as you can see, there's even lots of onlookers up in the stairs there
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And I think that this has been a big event. A lot of dookers came in this morning all in fancy dress
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They've gone now. It's just us guys. But certainly still stragglers wanting to see New Year in the right way
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my voice is still peaking I don't know where I'll be doing the soprano
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in next year's Carol concert, no problem Tony, thank you so much
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Happy New Year everybody Cameron, Happy New Year Tony Cameron, I'd love to see which part of
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Tony's contract enabled GB News to make him do that
