Over 75 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
It might have been a cloudy start to the day for some, but not if you’re part of B&B… Every morning is bright 🙂
Welcome back to Rory from Geelong 🙂
There was a large blue and green grouper swimming together at the point ! I wonder if it’s groper mating season ??
Lovely stingarees, duskies, and a beautiful big Sun Fish !!! I’ve never seen one before. A lovely great big thing with a fin that’s about 2 feet tall which we saw from the walkway after swimming. We even jumped back in, twice ! To try to get a photo but no such luck… maybe tomorrow.
We did see a jimble eating sardines for breakfast though !! Never seen that before either.
It’s always worth getting up for, there’s something special about the swim every single morning 🙂
Some great shots from Simon too:
14 swimmers also enjoyed Bolderdash, a few the early Shelly lap and Michael C doubled all on his lonesome 🙁
Happy 50th Birthday to Shaun today !! He seemed to be doing it tough with all the birthday lovin’
That was after he’d given the very clear thumbs down to a group of his fellow B&B swimmers dutifully practicing CPR on each other.
Butt what… ?
See what you’ve started Simon !!
Thanks to the staff at Murray’s at Manly, we had a really great evening yesterday, thank you all 🙂
All important B&B social functions coming up:
- B&B CHRISTMAS PARTY Wed, 12th Dec from 6.30pm upstairs at The Steyne Hotel !
It’s Retro theme so dress up and come and boogie the night away.
If anyone knows a good retro DJ (or band) that would like to come and
play for us as our very own Warwick is sadly unavailable. Party food
will be provided so please let us know if you can come by booking in here to help plan the catering. Drinks can be purchased from behind the bar throughout the night. - November’s B&B special
monthly Bluewater Dinner has to be moved from Mon 26th Nov to Wed 28th
Nov as Bluewater are lucky enough to have their own Christmas Party that
night. If you’ve already booked in for the Monday and
you can still come on the Wednesday you don’t need to do anything. If
you now can’t come please let me know. If you want to come but haven’t
book in yet, please do so now, here !
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!! Oh… of course we’d love you to sign up to iSwimtoo and give us your feedback too 🙂
Water Temperature 18.8
Air Temperature 17.0
Sunrise 5.43am
Sunset 7.36pm
High Tide: 9.47am
Low Tide: 4.25pm
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19 comments
lesley
15/11/2012 at 11:53 am
Oh man that’s not fair John S – you had a towel on!!
Happy Birthday slowest Shaun!
I wonder if that fish took a wrong turn into a jimble!! 🙂
Rainer
15/11/2012 at 1:31 pm
Jimbles swallowing sardines.. whatever.. pathetic blog tarting!
I swallowed bits of seaweed on Tuesday and no one bothered taking photos of that.
Happy Birthday Slowest Shaun! Did you sing to yourself this morning? 🙂
John S
15/11/2012 at 2:14 pm
Alas young Leslie, my apologies, all I can do is a make good by having another shot taken with you without the pink towel and with my B&B cosies on.
I’ll wax, pluck and colour tonight in preparation!
But with your legs you should be showing them off at every opportunity!!!!!!
😎
Slowest Shaun
15/11/2012 at 2:18 pm
Thank you team.
Not quite 50 yet though, maybe next year if I make it.
Yes Rainer, I did sing happy birthday to myself and made John S sing sing to me too.
As a special birthday challenge please also note that I was successful in beating Andrew D back to Manly today!!!!!!,
It seems the earlier I leave, the bigger the winning margin.
Sharon, thats 1 blog point for Rainer. hehe
Slowest Shaun
15/11/2012 at 2:20 pm
Love the birthday babe shot!!!!
John S
15/11/2012 at 2:25 pm
Hi young Rainer
3 of us were honoured to swim with SS for the prestigious 6.10am Slowest Shaun Shelley Birthday Bash Swim and fortunate enough to sing a joyful and heartfelt rendition of Happy Birthday to Slowest Shaun to hear the echoing of the tune off Bower and surrounds. A privilege that SS chose to swim with us on the morning of his 50st birthday rather than spend the time in bed resting as many his age may chose to do on such an auspicious day! I look forward to reaching that milestone in a few years time!
HAPPY 50TH SLOWEST SHAUN, GO GET EM!!!
Slowest Shaun
15/11/2012 at 2:26 pm
Thank you Leslie.
(Mental note – be nice to Leslie, be nice to Leslie, she blogs two days a week and has a camera. be nice to Leslie)
I must say you looked great today Leslie.
Slowest Shaun
15/11/2012 at 2:29 pm
Thank you John.
IM NOT 50 !!!!
The birthday swim sing thing was a great way to start the day.
lesley
15/11/2012 at 2:32 pm
oh man that means I’LL have to wax and shave as well!! 😀
lesley
15/11/2012 at 2:39 pm
haha – yeh beware! It’s only Wednesday I blog – but Jules and I are trying to get Rob Byrne (cute lovely irish guy) to blog one day a week too!
But MAYBE Shaun you would like to ‘get me back’ and blog?? An idea perhaps? 🙂
Snorkles
15/11/2012 at 3:28 pm
Rainer – I have an idea for our next episode – email me at; Sharon.dunn@nehta.gov.au
Snorkles
15/11/2012 at 3:28 pm
And me!!
Snorkles
15/11/2012 at 3:50 pm
I have to report the above post as slighty inappropriate !! Since when is Rob ‘cute’ and ‘lovely’??
Rainer
15/11/2012 at 3:53 pm
John S, no one told me about the early morning birthday swim for SS. It would have been an honour for me to be down there singing and saluting him.
Makes me think… 6:10 swim eh? You all had dry hair when I came down at 6:50. Just saying.
Rainer
15/11/2012 at 3:54 pm
Sounds exciting.. e-mail on its way!
John S
15/11/2012 at 4:20 pm
SS and I would like to put forward Snorkles as a blogger. Witty, funny, vocal and verbose, she’s got it all! The full package.
Leslie, your legs need no enhancing. ;-))
John S
15/11/2012 at 4:29 pm
I can’t think of any inappropriate comments to make here, so Shaun be proud of your age, don’t be in denial!!!
HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY SHAUN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rob Byrne
15/11/2012 at 8:12 pm
Flattery will get you everywhere!!!
Snorkels…I am very cute! Cheek of you!
Snorkles Sharon
16/11/2012 at 8:24 am
Cutie Rob – my name is snorkles, you have it wrong! Are you ever going to be in the water again, me an you? The same time ? (Sorry Emer)