62 beautiful and 1 bold swimmer had one of the best swims of the year today!!!
Ok, so I was initially planning on a rock n roll start to the week with N@ked Monday, however there was so much going today I couldnt really let my narcissistic tendancies take over what really was an amazing morning at Manly.
It didnt look that way though when we got up this morning. If yesterday was like Sweden, today was certianly very Irish with a dull sky and drizzle blanket. Eurgh.
Firstly though, the fashion stakes have gone up. The Pink Ladies were in town, HOT!!!
Stephen was so mesmerised by the beauty, he just had to propose!
I think Annie needs to be on the spreddy….clearly a budding Blog Tart!
The Aliens have landed!!!
The first of many underwater shots by my Blog-Aid buddies Elaine and Stephen C, thank you so much for the amazing shots.
Not quite sure what the Latin name is for this curious underwater creature sighted when we got to Shelly
At first glance I thought I was seeing double, but apparently Rainer has jus been stalking Lesley and stealing her clothes. (They look much better on Lesley)
Rainer used his new found identity to get a bit too close and personal to Little Sarah…jeez….she is only back a couple of days!!
Apparently the head continues to swim on for days after the head is bitten off!
Visibilty was amazing most of the way
Our old buddies the Jimbles were back looking for a kiss and a cuddle
Elaine was doing her Jacques Cousteau impression and snapped this cracker
I tried my best at some underwater shots aswell but just ended up trying to drown. Luckily, I saw the hand of an angel reach down and pull me to safety!
Ok, so I couldnt let you down….its N@ked Monday after all!!!!
See you all next Monday, keep on smiling and swimming…
Robster the Blogster
There were 8 early lappers and 3 boulderdashians this morning.
News in from Jules that James Goins finished the 9km Lake Burley Griffin swim and Michael Christie was first in his age group!!! Well done both!!!
Bondi to Bronte 2.5km swim took place yesterday. B&B results below:
Simon Cowell 1st Place (60-65)
Rob Boylan 2nd Place (60-65)
Bruce Baird 5th (65+)
Richard Agius 5th Plac (45-49)
Miles Tollan honorable mention for a great swim!
Pictures to follow in bext blog
If you havent already voted for ISWIMTOO yet, please do so ASAP…and tell a friend…they need at least 200 more votes!!!!!
Upcoming B&B social function:
- B&B CHRISTMAS PARTY – A MUST FOR ALL, put it in your diary now, Wed, 12th Dec from 6.30pm relocated to the downstairs section of The Steyne Hotel as you enter from the Rope & Anchor ! Please RSVP here now too. It’s Retro theme so dress up and come and boogie the night away. It will be a great night, party food will be provided and drinks can be purchased from behind the bar throughout the night. Don’t miss it !
Water Temperature 20.8
Air Temperature 19.3
Sunrise 5.36am
Sunset 7.52pm
High Tide: 11.46
Low Tide: 5.21pm
To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here
34 comments
Keeping up with the Bolderdashians
03/12/2012 at 10:59 am
“The Lips” has wandering hands!
fifi
03/12/2012 at 11:00 am
Here are some more B and B results from North Curl Curl on Saturday.
I decided to do this after the swim instead of the 10km…(piker that I am)
Three Points Challenge: Category places:
Luitz Koopman: 139th (big field!)
Lucy Mc Fadden 7th
Midge Castel 6th
Elaine de Jager 8th
Ocean swim 2.2km
me: 3rd.
( I did procure a banana on the way)
Alyson
03/12/2012 at 11:18 am
The ladies in pink look great! Great underwater shots! And the aove water ones…. Oh Rainer…. 😉
annie "Yay"
03/12/2012 at 11:33 am
I’m such a tart…a blog tart that is…!
Awesome photos…very unique underwater sea life today 🙂
Lucy
03/12/2012 at 11:37 am
Just to continue the BB bragging…(this is long, so maybe go and make a cuppa before you read on).
Congratulations also to Cass Cordwell who finished first in our age group for the Three Points Challenge!! What a gal!!
Chris Cordwell came in under an hour (I don’t know how people do that) and so did Brian Black who smashed his age group in fourth place!!
I am personally very happy to know they have changed the t-shirt slogan so it no longer says: “an hour of torture”. It’s definitely more like “an hour and a little bit extra of torture” but obviously that’s not as catchy…
I don’t know if it’s been in the blog so apologies if I’m repeating myself, but Trish Appleby won her age category in the Coogee Wedding Cake swim two weeks ago (2.4km). Yay Trish!!
Yay BB!! xx
Lesley's long lost twin brother a.k.a. 'The Lips' formerly known as Rainer
03/12/2012 at 12:02 pm
Great Blog. Someone must have helped Rob. Grammar and spelling heaps better than last week.
Some great underwater shots. Even though the jimble pictures still give me goose bumps. They will haunt me in my dreams for years to come. And so will that last photo of Rob.
Talking of tension, is anyone following the nail biting battle between Little Sarah, Andrew D, and John S in the Pacific Challenge? All of them at precisely 261k now.
I have my money on Little Sarah, but you never know. All it takes is for John S to tick a few more of his warm showers as ‘Bolderdashes’ and the competition would be wide open again..
As for my wandering hands, I have nothing to say in my defence..
Rob Byrne
03/12/2012 at 12:13 pm
No help, just fear of the spelling and grammar police!
Little Sarah Abbott
03/12/2012 at 12:28 pm
So much safer to keep wearing a wet-suit for now rather than one of those pink B&B reveal-all cossies that have started coming back into fashion for the girls:-)
Blogster Robster, so glad you didn’t let us down and showed your true colours at the end. You could do with a tanning lesson from Ian.
p.s. Did the tissue-in-the-ear trick work?
Little Sarah Abbott
03/12/2012 at 12:38 pm
I know, serious pressure.Thx for your vote of confidence lLes…. I’m relying on Andrew to be the true gentleman I know he is and to kindly forget to sign in. As for John S, I think I’ll have to be more crafty –
My old buddy, Young Jack, isn’t it time your Dad helped you with all that homework before school like good Dads do? I mean it’s your future and your career at stake – and then don’t you need a ride to school (or to visit your girlfriend) if exams are over?
lesley
03/12/2012 at 12:38 pm
hahahaha had to stiffle my laugh again at work – especially fun shots of Elaine!!
Ps. I personally think the white rashie looks better on Rainer BECAUSE it’s SO see through!!!
lesley
03/12/2012 at 12:47 pm
well done Bloggie Robbie!!!
Dolphin Whisperer formally known as slowest Shaun until I met little Sarah
03/12/2012 at 12:55 pm
Well Done Rob. Impressive looking blackout you have there.
Yes LLLTBAKATLFKAR.
I have noticed the three of them just behind me on the pacific challenge.
I managed to jump them all on the weekend.
It looks like you are trying some challenge jumping yourself there Lips!!!
Did I tell you about the 10k swim Lips??? now that you raised the subject?
In my delerious state from the 10.2 K swim on saturday, I thought I saw you in ladies clothes.
You told me last week that you wanted to get into Lesley’s top.
Well done. You look great in the ladies gear.
I also saw in my delirious state while doing the 10.3 K swim –
Bubbles – but that turned out to be Midge swimming past me.
More Bubbles – Turned out to be Storchy chasing Anna
More Bubbles – Turned out to be Lesley, Rob and Jules chasing Storchy to quiz him about the “more intellectual humour” jibe. from yesterday.
(Remember that one on your next blog) Storch, Spelt S T O R C H. hehehe
Footnote – I am very disappointed no one got the photo of Myself giving Lucy a hug on Sunday. Next Bradless opportunity outside of 300mm zone – possible February.
Well done to the B and B racing team from the last few weeks. Im looking forward to some speed tips so I can do the 10.4K swim faster next time. That includes you banana girl Fifs. Well done.
Mark
03/12/2012 at 1:21 pm
Better late than never.have been working a lot since the 10.5kmswimonsat.
So proud of the magnificent 7!
A big belated thank you to Maureen who fed our tummies and spirits at Q station.
And yes Michael Cheisriemqe did go to quint, we even rounded the turning buoy.
Great bunch, great spirit and great effort to you all.
The man of Rhee match goes to super Sean!
The girl of the week award goes to Paige ,well done.
Congrats to the “big boys”who swam round nth head on Sat too
Cheers
Mark
03/12/2012 at 1:25 pm
Today is my Saturday!
I have not been drinking however. I should check my drivel.
It should read amongst other cryptic mistakes that we rounded q point for Michael sake
Cheers again
That reminds me it might be beer o clock
Nicolee
03/12/2012 at 1:32 pm
Hey Lucy,Midge,Luitz,Elaine,Fiona,Chris C’D (&wife),Cass and the many other BnB`s who did the 3 points WELL DONE it was great. Twas my first time and was close to last! I only fully decided on the day to do it, was such a social jog as I knew most people along the way! Killer was there, he`s a legend from Tweed Heads who comes down every year for it, its a must to do if one can 🙂
John S
03/12/2012 at 2:03 pm
Well LSA looks like Jack’s Net Nanny will be secretly turned on this afternoon which will rule out any visits to the B&B website with those suggestions of Dad helping with homework.
In any case we want him to pass, so that rules out help from his dopey dad!!
I had a LONG shower at home this morning, does that count as a boulder dash or a shelley??
LSA, Andrew may appear the true gentleman and I may appear a rough diamond – but as the saying goes never judge a book by its cover. 😉
John S
03/12/2012 at 2:05 pm
haha
looks much better on you Lesley, what about you and Rainer swap tops!
;-))))
John S
03/12/2012 at 2:15 pm
Hey Fifi
What do you call a fish with no eyes? …………..
a fsh.
Rob Byrne
03/12/2012 at 2:45 pm
Thanks Lesley!!!!
Miles
03/12/2012 at 2:52 pm
Call that a feel, Lips? Sorry buddy I need to give you lessons. To be a proper grope a lady needs to feel like she’s had her bikini undone from the inside. I suspect Little Sarah was left feeling a bit underwhelmed.
Nice blog Rob, very visual. The extreme close-up of you reminds me of a recurring nightmare I had back in the 70s after I got frightened at the circus. And what’s with my ‘honourable mention’ at the bondi-2-bronte? You make it sound like I limped over the line queueing up for the defibrilator – 40m:35s counts as ass-kicking where I come from, blogboy! (Thx to Alex Prendergast for keeping me in a straight line BTW, I’m still a bit rubbish in that dept)
Dolphin Whisperer formally known as slowest Shaun until I met little Sarah
03/12/2012 at 3:04 pm
Great time Miles, what was it – 1.5K
did I tell you about the 10.6K I swam on Sat?
Nasty Milo
03/12/2012 at 3:17 pm
oh I see, you wanna play dirty do you? It got pretty ugly out there, I clawed my way over some peeps who were ‘in the wrong lane’, and I’ll do the same to you and your happy-go-lucky dolphins if you’re not careful. Nasty Milo.
Chris Noone
03/12/2012 at 4:01 pm
Don’t you have a house to build or something……
Dolphin Whisperer formally known as slowest Shaun until I met little Sarah
03/12/2012 at 4:06 pm
Hahaha , hey , no competition here bro Nasty Milo.
Just as well you didn’t say that in Dolphin speak, they might get upset.
1/ I can’t beat anyone for speed.
2/ my dolphin mates and I just like playing in the surf.
Thus – no competition unless your talking about the pacific challenge – then – Im in haha
The comment was directed at the tiime – That is the time I would take for 1.5 K
Did I tell you about the 10.7 K swim I did on Sat?
lesley
03/12/2012 at 5:02 pm
HAHAHA ….stiffling my laugh at work again.
MAYBE we can recruit you to write the blog Miles???
John S
03/12/2012 at 5:06 pm
Hey Chris have you told SS about your whale swimming story????
Nice Milo
03/12/2012 at 5:24 pm
I’ll write the blog Lesley if you’ll agree to be the model in my ‘teach-these-punks-how-to-grope’ masterclass.
Chris Noone
03/12/2012 at 5:24 pm
You mean the whale on the weekend or the one last week? I’ve done it so many times I’ve lost count. I wish they would stop getting in my way….. Here’s one from a few years back:
I was one of that crew; my shouts had gone up with the rest; my oath had been welded with theirs; and stronger I shouted, and more did I hammer and clinch my oath, because of the dread in my soul. A wild, mystical, sympathetical feeling was in me; Ahab’s quenchless feud seemed mine. With greedy ears I learned the history of that murderous monster against whom I and all the others had taken our oaths of violence and revenge.
For some time past, though at intervals only, the unaccompanied, secluded White Whale had haunted those uncivilized seas mostly frequented by the Sperm Whale fishermen. But not all of them knew of his existence; only a few of them, comparatively, had knowingly seen him; while the number who as yet had actually and knowingly given battle to him, was small indeed. For, owing to the large number of whale-cruisers; the disorderly way they were sprinkled over the entire watery circumference, many of them adventurously pushing their quest along solitary latitudes, so as seldom or never for a whole twelvemonth or more on a stretch, to encounter a single news-telling sail of any sort; the inordinate length of each separate voyage; the irregularity of the times of sailing from home; all these, with other circumstances, direct and indirect, long obstructed
the spread through the whole world-wide whaling-fleet of the special individualizing tidings concerning Moby Dick
lLesley
03/12/2012 at 6:25 pm
Well if I must!.:-D
Rob Byrne
03/12/2012 at 6:41 pm
I’ll hit the tanning salon 😉
Yes, tissue in the ear worked a treat!! Might trademark it…..
Rob Byrne
03/12/2012 at 6:45 pm
Sincere apologies Miles, I blame Simon Cowell for the lack of your awesome results!!!
Snorkles
03/12/2012 at 7:28 pm
Dolphin Whisperer did you see me on TV last week?
Snorkles
03/12/2012 at 7:30 pm
Lips….what on earth are you doing wearing that top??? Did you think it would accentuate your errrr Lips??
fifi
04/12/2012 at 10:11 am
oh, Sterch…