Let’s get wet

As one of the 1,000 hardy souls who jumped into the River Forth on New Year’s Day I am very pleased with your report and front page photo together with your commentary (January 2). This event started in the more staid days of 1987 when, as is mentioned in your report, pub regulars in the Moorings Lounge bar jumped into the Forth as a hangover cure

In your commentary, you say that cold water can be dangerous. As a windsurfer, I may be indifferent to cold water but the temperature of water in the Forth when the