“Is it raining? I hadn’t noticed!” Andie McDowell, Four Weddings and a Funeral. Correction! Jo Gregory, Bold and the Beautiful. Jo elegantly and unphasedly (is that a word? If not, it is now!) entered the water at Shelly in gale force winds and rain, making it look as enjoyable and as easy as having a glass of champagne in the sun.
Bondy, our daily water temp measurer has great news – 17.3 degrees today!
Champs is waving at the camera as he moves confidently through the cold wind and rain into the super rough surf, making it look as easy as walking through clover in the country side – when there’s not a drought! Why isn’t this rain falling where it is needed most?
Petra giving us a demonstration on how to enter half way carefully.
Shelley following suit!
Management Ian waving enthusiastically before ducking and weaving through crashing waves with Petra.
Ted and Shane
John and Lainey
Dave and John – all these swimmers are looking very cool, calm and collected indeed and certainly not like they’ve been battling the elements at the beach.
Happy groups as they congregate at Shelly.
Back on shore and Andrew displays the gash on his nose – he thinks he got hit by a board.
Only 2 bootys, Kit’s and John’s, turned up for Storchy’s Booty Camp this morning!
Leisa and her son Ben and pup!
Jo after an early swim. “I don’t know why there’s no-one here – its lovely!”
Warming up after the swim with one of Lesbubs famous faces!
All in all a joyous, happy time was had by all! Why wouldn’t you swim today??
Stuff that hit the cutting room floor. All persons making these comments remain anonymous:
“You’d have to be mad to swim today.”
“On the level of shiteness it was a 9 3/4. No didn’t swim, I have my limitations”
“The water would have to be filthy!”
In response to comment above “Kinda chewy and a bit salty!”
“Here is a shitty photo for a shitty day”
Its like a scene out of a scary movie:
“Check out the pine poo”
On that note – its goodby from me. Happy hump day and have a great rest of week.
PS Photo credits! A HUGE thank you to LAINEY who took all but 3 photos! Thanks to Janet and Champs for their photo contributions too! Nothing like working remotely particularly on lovely days like today 😆 !
Stats:
Swimmers – just the crazy ones
Newbies – certainly not
Water temp: divine 17.3
2019 Winter Badge Ceremony – Sunday 22nd September
You’ve done the hard yards and earned your Winter Badge(s), now come and collect your badges with all the pomp and ceremony the B&B can muster. Bring along $10 for each badge you have earned (correct money appreciated). The venue is the Royal Far West Centre (Wentworth Avenue, Manly) on Sunday 22nd September, straight after the regular swim! Everyone is welcome, family, friends and swimmers alike.
A $5 donation will be payable to the RFW at the gate for hosting this event, and …. RFW will provide a FREE breakfast (sausage sandwich and a coffee/tea). Bookings are essential to ensure there is enough food. Book here for Badge Ceremony.
All 2019 winter badge qualifiers will be presented with their well-earned badge(s), so whether you are getting one personally or you want to enjoy the celebrations of your fellow swimmers, a great morning is guaranteed, so come along, soak up the atmosphere and get inspired for the upcoming summer badges.
In conjunction with the badge ceremony, Royal Far West will be holding a raffle with great prizes, so don’t forget to bring along extra money for the raffle (credit card payment facilities will be available for the raffle).
The Monthly Dinner – 8th October 2019 – Guest Speaker
The Next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 8th October at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest on the night will be Local Manly physiotherapist, Jim Burke. Jim will speak about shoulder injuries in swimmers. He will cover a brief outline of the mechanics of the shoulder as well as common causes of injury and a few stretches and exercises that are great in helping prevent ‘swimmer’s shoulder’.
Please book early for this event as it is sure to be popular. The cost of the dinner is great value at only $25 a head, which includes shared entrees, and a selection of mains to choose from (including a vegetarian option). Glasses of beer or wine and desserts are also available at the special price of only $5 each. Numbers are limited, so bookings are essential. To avoid disappointment and secure your spot please book atwww.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/bb-bluewater-monthly-dinner.html .
13 comments
Juliette
18/09/2019 at 11:34 am
No stitches needed on Andrew’s nose – just a lot of steri-strips!
Still don’t know what he hit at the tail-end of catching “a cracking wave from way out the back”. He’s not really an advertisement for coming back in through the break in a surf like that…. I’m kind of glad that i just went out through the waves (that’s the group of us who got hit by a wave while posing at Shelly!) and walked back, making the acquaintance of Chris (with the beard) on our walk back together.
And so much for our normal picnic breakfast by the beach… We got an appointment with our GP for Andrew, who tut tutted and said we really should have gone to emergency. He’s now tucked up in bed with a bit of a headache.
Anne
18/09/2019 at 12:27 pm
Glad I stayed in bed
Inge
18/09/2019 at 12:35 pm
Nice dual blogger effort here. The photos capture the mood beautifully. It wasn’t too bad out the back. Glad to hear Andrew survived.
Shelley K
18/09/2019 at 12:53 pm
A foul day and an arduous swim, cunningly made to seem like fun by some shifty bloggers. I gotta find me a new hobby.
Lainey
18/09/2019 at 1:12 pm
Great blog Lucy. You’re an excellent ‘raconteur’. I couldn’t have told such a great story with the photos! I’m sure everyone who got in that water today is glad they did even Keebs! Glad you’re ok Andrew.
Jane
18/09/2019 at 2:16 pm
That looked like an elegant entry or exit Ms Keeble
Shelley K
18/09/2019 at 2:54 pm
Hi Jane, the waves knocked me flat on my arse so yeah…elegant and graceful as always
Lucy Crook
18/09/2019 at 4:13 pm
Good to hear Andrew is ok!
Lucy Crook
18/09/2019 at 4:14 pm
All Lainey’s photo skills as usual!
Lucy Crook
18/09/2019 at 4:14 pm
Me too 😆
Lucy Crook
18/09/2019 at 4:16 pm
You look like you are frolicking in a warm spa bath! Nothing like a bit of fake news made up from the comfort of a warm bed with others out in the field doing the real work!
Lucy Crook
18/09/2019 at 4:17 pm
Thanks Lainey! Your photos made the day look awesome even if it actually wasn’t 😆
Slim Dusky
18/09/2019 at 5:45 pm
Lainey, Your photos are awesome !