91 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
A superb morning. Absolutely beautiful swim in flat, clearish water with the most spectacular sunrise.
There was also rather a lot of pink around as everyone got into the spirit in true B&B style to farewell Iain McGregor on his English Channel
Swim this morning.
Princess Pete the pilot Bowes wins the award for the ‘best zinced’ for sure as you can see from the great photos of Pete and Iain at the start of the swim 🙂
Gotta love Collie Kinsela and Iain’s zinc too 🙂
Thanks guys for getting into the
spirit and giving Iain such a great send off ! Iain you are not to come back to us until you have made it to France… one more stroke each stroke of the way please mate…
Thank you for the thank you to B&B card and all the tim tams and lollies that you can rest assured were all enjoyed at brekkie Iain, but you’re the one
who is supposed to be putting on weight not us !!
There were lots of great photos from this morning, the ones here are courtesy of Stephen Coulter. There are plenty more up on the website for all to enjoy, to see them please click here
Mahdi Deaton and Vicki Harbutt also leave today so they can get a head start on the Dardanelles swim 😉
Gerard Dore recently did the 2km Gilamines ocean swim in Tretarmore, Ireland in 12 degree water without a wetsuit, now that’s what I call tough – well done Gerard !!!
Water Temperature 17.2 degrees.
Air Temperature 9.5 degrees.
Sunrise 6.37am.
Sunset 5.24pm.
High Tide: 7.57am.
Low Tide: 1.37pm.
13 comments
Little Tiger
August 13, 2011 at 9:45 am
Great bit of fun to start the day. Best Wishes Iain, Vicki and Mahdi. Hey James Goins, we miss you, safe travels home, see you next week. Will save a spot on the wall for you.
rrob@ireland.com
August 13, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Best of luck on your adventure Iain!!
Gaetan
August 13, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Michel was telling me there was a whale around Queenscliff this morning when he went surfing with Thomas.
Might still be around tomorrow 🙂
John
August 13, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Great atmosphere this morning for Iain’s pink zinc farewell swim. Good luck Iain for your Channel crossing.
Sarah Abbott
August 13, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Jules, how about entering for the World Record for the best swimming club blog while you’re at it? We can’t wait to join you all again:-)
Pacific Jules
August 13, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Photos from this morning now up, enjoy:
http://www.pacificjules.com.au/random-images.html
Pacific Jules
August 13, 2011 at 4:32 pm
What a great idea Sarah 😉
Yes we are looking forward to your next trip in October too, we miss you when you are in Hong Kong you know. Hopefully Iain will be able to meet you guys for a gentle celebratory post channel swim on his way back home 🙂
Pacific Jules
August 13, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Oh please Mr Whale, PLEASE !!!!
Stephen
August 13, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Fantastic Ad! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Stephen
August 13, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Fantastic ad…….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Pacific Jules
August 13, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Brilliant Stephen, very powerful indeed. Thanks for sharing it.
Iain
August 13, 2011 at 8:43 pm
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!!
A fantastic morning and one that I will definitely be revisiting in my mind as I cross the channel.
Just arrived safely in Hong Kong for a 4 hour layover and enjoying some hand pulled noodles.
Thank you Thank you Thankyou
Iain
Gaetan
August 14, 2011 at 11:30 am
see you in Dover 🙂