A keen wild swimmer who tragically drowned at a Scots beauty spot on Sunday has been described as a kind and generous man by heartbroken friends.
Douglas Meiklejohn has been named locally as the man who died at popular Tyninghame Beach in East Lothian on Sunday, September 18, Edinburgh Live reports. The 51-year-old, from Edinburgh, was wild swimming when he got into difficultly in the water.
Emergency services, supported by the RNLI and local coastguard, rushed to the scene but sadly Douglas could not be saved and was pronounced dead.
