66 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
Cloudy skies and clearish flat water for our swim this morning, which was lovely as always 😉
We were greeted by a super sized flathead at Shelly Beach which Vicki Harbutt found. Vicki said she used to like eating fish until she started swimming with them 🙂
There is a last minute dash happening for the winter badge, Derek Martin has only completed 3 swims so far and he is going for his winter badge !! There are 28 days of winter left and 5 weeks if you include this week (which ends on Sunday) plus the bonus week of 3 days at the end of the month, so as long as you have aleady swum at least once in 2 different weeks of winter it is still achievable, if Derek can do it with 17 swims to go, you can too !! 🙂
John Kelly is off to Europe and the USA today for 5 weeks, we will definitely miss you John, B&B on tour photots please… 🙂
See below a great on tour photo of Magnus Butlin having a swim at Lowestoft in East Anglia, in the UK. Of particular note is the fact that Magnus doesn’t have his wetsuit on, that doesn’t even happen here in summer !
Also below is an on tour photo from James and Nicolee Goins at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, for some reason they didn’t see this as a pick cap moment… !?!
Thank you very much to Gaetan Guilhon and Michel Le Vieux for looking after all the attendance and blogging etc… while we were away.
Iain McGregor and Isobel Kirk are doing a bonus early lap at 6.20am tomorrow morning if anyone wants to join them…
Water Temperature 18.3 degrees.
Air Temperature 10 degrees.
Sunrise 6.46am.
Sunset 5.16pm.
High Tide: 10.49am.
Low Tide: 4.46pm
10 comments
Jane
August 3, 2011 at 10:24 am
What a beautiful jelly! Who took that great photo? There are no jellies like that in my book, which makes me think it might be from somewhere else. Oh, James was at an aquarium – is that cheating?
Jane
August 3, 2011 at 10:29 am
Something for us to look forward to this summer. There’s lots more about it on the Web.
http://exoticfarm.net/?p=5838
sue
August 3, 2011 at 10:44 am
Thanks Jane.As long as we dont swim at 10pm with lights we should be safe from the Cookie Cutters.
Sherieli
August 3, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Thanks for the article Jane, Cookie Cutter Sharks are extremely interesting. I hope I never encounter one personally.
I also read the attached article on “Men are nine times more likely to be attacked by a Great White shark than women… and other fascinating fishy facts”
I enjoy swimming with our friendly dusky whalers, port jacksons and wobbegongs. The others, I’m happy to read about 🙂
Michael [EX CI]
August 3, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Lovely weather tomorrow and flat seas still. So I think I will PROBABLY turn up for the early swim at 6.15 on the grounds that one makes hay while the sun shines. Any other takers besides Izzy and Iain???
Collie Dog
August 3, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Suffering from HSSS Home Sea Sick Syndrome, also known as being home sick for the sea, also known as Bold and Beautiful withdrawl syndrome. Frequently experienced on mild sunny days by ocean swimmers who live out west, or by Bold and Beuatiful members when travelling.
Has side effects of occassionally rising in early hours of the morning and driving long distances or rescheduling airplane flights.Inane desire to wear pink.
Other symptoms anyone else is are of?
Iain
August 3, 2011 at 7:27 pm
*Frequent checks of meteorological data comparing 16.8C temperatures in English Channel to the 18.3C measured by Michael and 16.1C measured by Michel(can’t believe the ‘a’ in the name equates to over 2C difference and desperately hoping the Michel reading is the more accurate).
*Comparing long distance swims to number of circuits of Manly to Shelley and back.
*Becoming uneasy in the company of people who do not embrace pink.
Iain
August 3, 2011 at 7:28 pm
Good man Michael!
Magnus
August 3, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Very true Jules!! the wetsuit was too bulky to take to the UK so I braved the 16C murky waters, Manly won’t seem so cold now.
Pacific Jules
August 3, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Oh no Collie, thats terrible, guess we can look forward to seeing you soon then 🙂