Hundreds of students at the University of St Andrews have celebrated the start of a new term by wearing their red gowns on a beach – despite dense haar.
Students wore their gowns for a walk along the harbour walls in St Andrews, Fife, and down to the beach to celebrate the new semester – despite haar, a thick mist from the North Sea which blows in on the east coast of Scotland.
It took a different route from previous years due to the closure of the pier after £3 million damage caused by storms in October 2023.
This year, students walked from St Salvator’s Chapel, passing the cathedral, to gather on the East Sands.