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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Iona Young

First picture of tragic Edinburgh wild swimmer who drowned at beauty spot

Tributes have poured in for a 'warm and funny' man who tragically drowned at an East Lothian beauty spot on Sunday September 18.

He has been named locally as Douglas Meiklejohn, 51, from Edinburgh, who was out wild swimming at popular Tyninghame Beach in East Lothian.

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Police and emergency services, supported by the RNLI and local coastguard, attended but sadly he died at the scene. An all-round avid adventurer, Douglas had many friends through wild swimming, cycling and walking groups and was known for his kind and generous character. Close friends of the swimmer said he was a "caring and lovely" person.

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