2014
NO5116 : The pier at St Andrews
taken 10 years ago, near to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
The pier at St Andrews
The origins of the Pier Walk are veiled in obscurity though most people believe it was started to commemorate the heroism of John Honey, a student of the university. In 1800 he rescued five men from a ship sinking in St Andrews Bay. Five times he swam out and each time he returned with a rescued man.
Whatever its origins, the Pier Walk is one of the oldest traditions in St Andrews. Every Sunday, after chapel service, students in their gowns walk down to the end of the pier, climb up the ladder and walk back along the top.
The University named their Computing Department building after John Honey.
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