They did not want to give up the propitiatory rite of the New Year's Bath.
About thirty daredevils gathered on the beach of Balai, on the Porto Torres coast, and as usual they inaugurated the new year with a dip in the icy waters of the Asinara Gulf.
No organization this time, but the formula was carried out with respect for the rules of distancing. The restrictive measures had forced the organizers to cancel the event and everything was held with an allowed number of participants.
Former municipal employees, former administrators, women and men, held their breath and after the countdown made their entry into the water. Among the veterans Piero Tanca, 84, Salvatore Delogu, 87, the first to enter the water, and over 50 who for years have been the protagonists of the bathroom of the "daring", those who are not afraid of low temperatures.
The countdown at 11.45 and then the dive to inaugurate the new year in the hope that the pandemic will take away: the spread of the virus had forced the event to be canceled last year as well.
