In Pictures: May Day mayhem as students celebrate with dawn dip

In Pictures: May Day mayhem as students celebrate with dawn dip

Hardy students at the University of St Andrews have marked the start of May with a bone-chilling dawn swim in the North Sea.

Plunging into the sea for the May Day Dip is believed to bring good luck in upcoming exams.

Students take the plunge (Jane Barlow/PA)
Students take the plunge (Jane Barlow/PA)

Close your eyes and think of Ibiza... (Jane Barlow/PA)
Close your eyes and think of Ibiza… (Jane Barlow/PA)

Rather you than me - these students kept watch from the shore (Jane Barlow/PA)
Rather you than me – these students kept watch from the shore (Jane Barlow/PA)

Friends mark May Day on East Sands in Fife (Jane Barlow/PA)
Friends mark May Day on East Sands in Fife (Jane Barlow/PA)

Drying out after the dip (Jane Barlow/PA)
Drying out after the dip (Jane Barlow/PA)

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