Over 161 Bold & Beautiful swimmers !
Absolutely Fabulous 🙂
Just the most beautiful morning with the most beautiful people.
There’s just nothing we won’t do for each other 😉
Great to see Rosemary back, looking fresh and bright after what must have been 2 months swimming around Europe.
The tiniest little wave to help you get in that little bit faster
and things are really heating up around here, lots of wetsuits are starting to come off 🙂
Which is understandable, it’s just magic out in the bay now. The water’s clearing and the sun is steaming. I might even have to leave my uggies at home from now on 😉
No stingers, just pure pleasure and enjoyment amongst a whole heap of friends 🙂
A couple of swimmers seemed to be a little excited about the fact they had dropped their flippers and wetsuits… not sure who they were though as they were really quite discrete about the whole thing.
Gosh I love pink 🙂
Cathy and Arthur stopping mid swim just to take it all in. We really are so lucky !
Extra lucky are we too… as Cathy has made this beautiful handmade pearl bracelet which could be yours if you bid for it at our Silent Auction this coming Tuesday at our Trivia Night !!! To check out more of Cathy’s exquisite jewellery click here – Pearls de Tahiti enter B&B at the check out online and you’ll get a 15% discount too ! Check it out, you might just find that perfect Christmas present for that special person 🙂
An amazing 20 swimmers continued on for a double lap after the 7am swim,
including Emer for her first. 6 of those swimmers also tripled !!
Margrethe is super proud and excited to have completed her first ever swim with us, both ways too 🙂 This one’s for you Ragnill ! We miss you xx
Welcome back to David, who’s been living it up surfing in Sumatra. A promised on tour photo is en-route 😉
and welcome back to one of our interstate swimmers, Gary who is happy to be down visiting us from Maroochydore 🙂
and happy to be back in the water for her first post-marathon swim is super speedy Sarah 🙂
There’s so much action and so many choices, love it ! 3 swimmers set off early for a lap up to Queensie at 6am and another 6 enjoyed an early 6.20 lap of Shelly 🙂 What will tomorrow bring ?? Don’t just read about it, come down and be part of it !! 🙂
Now… on to the talk of the town. OUR SUPER SPECIAL TRIVIA NIGHT – THIS COMING TUESDAY FROM 6.30pm !!! Only 3 days, 7 hours and 30minutes (at time of publishing) to wait 🙂
With even more prizes still rolling in you really wanna be there !
There’s accommodation in Manly, Whale Beach and down at the Snow ! A Stand up Paddle Board, Surf Ski Paddling Lessons, Gym Membership, Yoga Subscription, Art Baskets, Travel Voucher, Restaurant Vouchers, Tickets to the Theatre, Sailing around the Harbour, Golf Lessons, Stinger Spray, Goggles, Towels. Oh My Gosh, you name it, we’ve got it ! The best thing is… it could be yours !!
How about this… a complete king bed set, valued at $670, generously donated by
Logan & Mason (at 29 Cross St, Brookvale, where you also get 10% discount if you show your B&B discount card) will be available on Tuesday night via silent auction !
Some items will be raffle prizes, table prizes, best dressed prizes and others are up for the bidding via silent or live auctions. Check out all the lists of prizes and their very generous donors; all swimmers, sponsors and local supporters on the website here
Get ready and come prepared, it’s gonna be a top night ! I
can’t wait 🙂
Water Temperature 18.5
Air Temperature 17.0
Sunrise 6.08am
Sunset 7.13pm
Low Tide: 6.13am
High Tide: 12.43pm
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24 comments
Little Sarah Abbott
20/10/2012 at 11:33 am
Big Surprise! Lesley can swim without fins! Not only that, she still can not swim slow enough to keep me company;-( Thank goodness Rob came to the rescue:-)
Rainer, where are you? You should be well-rested for our double tomorrow. I’ll definitely be back in my wet-suit…..brrrr…… Mary, Elaine, anyone else, do join us!
Little Sarah Abbott
20/10/2012 at 11:36 am
Emer, well done! We’ll all be doing triples, Bolderdashes hand 10K swims in no time!
Rob Byrne
20/10/2012 at 11:54 am
Thats me at full pace Sarah!!! Was probably the nicest swim I have done so far, calm and visibility was great. Unfortunately visibility was also good at Shelley and we had to advert our eyes from the eyesore that is Iain’s wetsuitless body…MY EYES!! MY EYES!!
John
20/10/2012 at 12:30 pm
What beautiful conditions today with the water much clearer. A good turnout for the double and also the triple.
Well done Emer on completing your first double,a great day for it.
lesley
20/10/2012 at 1:07 pm
Hahahaha
lesley
20/10/2012 at 1:13 pm
Well done LSA..! You were brave …no wetsuit no fins, no artic head gear! I can swim without fins but it’s hard going and not that pleasurable! But on the plus side leaving early was good…very peaceful, no bodies smacking into me! Also I got to see who top swimmers are… Brad E and 007 were first in to shelly! I would like to see them get there that fast WITHOUT their wetsuits tho!! :-D.
Great conditions!!
Mrs Badger
20/10/2012 at 1:15 pm
Fabulous conditions, a truly wonderful swim.
Can’t wait for tomorrow, a little birdy told me that a ‘very special person’ will join us @ 7am.
I love the COUNTDOWN to Trivia. Now, what to wear.
Little Sarah Abbott
20/10/2012 at 1:42 pm
….and thank you so much, Mrs Badger, for your kind help!
Elaine
20/10/2012 at 2:05 pm
I will join you tomorrow LSD (sorry LSA) and you will realize how super slow I am without flippers or wetsuit! I had a feeling Lesley would be speedy even with naked feet…I know I won’t enjoy it so much but no pain no gain I suppose. Robbie couldn’t swim a few months ago and look at him now. Have to push ourselves out of that comfort zone!
Well done Rosemary, back from Amsterdam where she swam 2 kms in the canals. (Ted got thrown in a canal there on his Bucks Night and has never been the same since!)
Looking forward to Trivia Night. If anyone is worried about outfits I’ll have a selection of wigs and strange clothes to lend out in my car boot tomorrow!
john s
20/10/2012 at 2:05 pm
great to see Rosemary back in the water, and looking great in pink!
Rainer
20/10/2012 at 2:38 pm
Little Sarah, was resting for my virgin double tomorrow! Plus, i had patrol duty this morning. But managed to squeeze in a quick dash to the marker and back. Wetsuitless!!!
Wetsuit definitely back on for tomorrow’s super-slow double though. Elaine still interested in going all the way with us? 🙂
Very impressed by all the finless, wetsuitless double action these days! Well done Lesley, Rob, Emer!! (dont neglect the blog tarting though!)
Pacific Jules
20/10/2012 at 6:34 pm
Robbie was a little too ‘sensitive’ to blog tart today Rainer 😉
David
20/10/2012 at 6:49 pm
What time is the early lap tomorrow?
Slowest Shaun
20/10/2012 at 7:16 pm
The regular 630 early lappers are doing the Sunday Social 7am.
David
20/10/2012 at 8:25 pm
Cool, is it 6:30 all other mornings?
Margrethe Munthe Vassbotn
20/10/2012 at 8:29 pm
Such a nice morning! I am really proud to be a part of this!
Thanks, Jules!! 🙂
lesley
20/10/2012 at 9:29 pm
GREAT to finally see you swim with us Margrethe!! Byron next year again?? 🙂
Robin T
20/10/2012 at 9:30 pm
Oh no Mrs Badger is back!
Hope I can settle up satisfactorily on Trivia night.
fifi
20/10/2012 at 9:48 pm
they usually sneak off at 6.25. Don’t be fooled. They tried to get away from me again today but I spotted them and gave chase….
john s
20/10/2012 at 10:50 pm
sorry Fifi, Slowest Shaun made me do it! just after the dog ate my art essay.
Slowest Shaun
21/10/2012 at 6:08 am
Yes but we also knew that Fifi was going to beat us to Shelley. And she did. Haha
fifi
21/10/2012 at 10:17 am
Surely not the art essay….please submit the rewritten version on monday. at 6.25
fifi
21/10/2012 at 10:18 am
I am not sure you are slowest Shaun, now that you have blasted through to 13…
Margrethe Munthe Vassbotn
21/10/2012 at 7:44 pm
Sure, Lesley! Maybe even in the water next year?? 😉