80 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
6 swimmers tackled Bolderdash while Neil enjoyed an early lap into Shelly and back. Gaetan took these three great photos and a video here up at Queenscliff for us.
I’ve trialled this new feature of uploading photos as thumbnail galleries, where you can click on each thumbnail to view the larger version in turn below. You can then click on that larger version to take you through to an even larger version if you choose… Please let me know if this is better or if you prefer the previous way ???
Just like these two photos of three of our beautiful girls, it was an over and under kinda swim this morning with a fair bit of chop and swell, but surprisingly beautiful clear and very warm water !!
James was on the shore with his proper camera so we have a new dimension to the mix today including a great group shot at Shelly, thanks James !! 🙂
Congratulations to Maureen and Annette who along with many others swam out from Warriewood in the Mona Vale ocean race yesterday in what James said was very challenging conditions. Well done !!!
Now… full marks and total admiration goes to Hilde and Ragnill who took the challenge and swam for us, mid winter in Norway !!! Now this is seriously hard core and impressive and all in the spirit of a B&B adventure !!! Fantastic, love the photo and the report below. THANK YOU !! Just checking… it is the beginning of the daily branch of the B&B over there right ??? Yes, great… I’ll send you the password so you can post your own daily posts on the blog for us 🙂
Norway – Lovin’ It !!! 🙂
What: a proper www (winter without wetsuit) swim. Also called ice bathing.
Who: Hilde & Ragnill, proud owners of B&B caps, trying to pretend that we don’t miss Manly
Place: Trondheimsfjorden, 63 degrees north (FYI 63 degrees south crosses Antarctica)
Temperature: air -3, water 6 (a bit crisp)
Distance: 5 strokes out 5 strokes in
Was it worth it? Only if we get our photo on the blog 🙂
Australia Day is this Thursday… which is traditionally a massive 7am swim for B&B starting with Advance Australia Fair on the beach before we head off on our very relaxed swim. So please bring down your friends and family, but please swim with them as remember we don’t have water safety.
Anyone and everyone who wants to join in on craft is hugely appreciated !!!
Manly Wine are putting on a special breakfast for us: $10 for an egg & bacon roll or muesli with tea or coffee (FW or LB) to ensure everyone gets served quickly. They do however need an idea of numbers so please confirm here asap if you will be going to brekkie, thank you.
Water Temperature 24.4
Air Temperature 21.5
Sunrise 6.07am
Sunset 8.06pm
High Tide: 9.08am
Low Tide: 3.45pm
16 comments
Charlie
January 23, 2012 at 11:15 am
Its my birthday on Australia Day!
Lesley
January 23, 2012 at 11:18 am
OMG Ragnill and Hilde!! 6 DEGREES!! It’s a start though – congratulations on the beginning of the new Norwegian branch of the Bold and Beautiful! 😉 I bet you felt really amazing afterwards??
Despite the choppy water it was a great swim today the water was warm and lovely blue colour and fairly clear – enjoyed the scary waves coming back it….
Like the thumbnails Jules!
Peter Wood
January 23, 2012 at 11:21 am
Charlie’s birthday eh…….. so what, its Australia Day and we only sing happy birthday to swimmers.
Gaetan
January 23, 2012 at 11:46 am
wow I like this pic, the background looks so scarry!
http://pacificjules.typepad.com/.a/6a0133ed6f68df970b016760eeb7b1970b-pi
New thumbnail view is quite good!
Tacomajim
January 23, 2012 at 11:52 am
Jules.
Great idea on the new thumbnail view. Hope it encourages more swimmers to bring cameras down.
Nic and I took our B&B caps on a Fijian swim safari last year. Finally got this video together, so if any of you have ten minutes to spare you can return there with us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_XeB3fBuTs
Brendan Maher
January 23, 2012 at 12:27 pm
I notice there were no male swimmers in the 6 degrees in Trondheim …they certainly wouldn’t have had 6 Degrees of Separation.
Simon
January 23, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Gaetan
Do you have the link to your video from this morning? The link in the blog won’t work on my computer.
Cheers
Pacific Jules
January 23, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Hi Simon, sorry I’ve fixed it, it was my error, you should be able to get it working now.
Michael [EX CI]
January 23, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Gaetan that was a great video as per usual!!
It certainly captured the size and the power of the swell. Bolderdash obviously was not for wimps this morning. [that’s why I wasn’t there!]
Pacific Jules
January 23, 2012 at 1:17 pm
We feature in Sprout Daily today too 🙂
http://daily.sproutdaily.com/
Stephen Coulter
January 23, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Who are you?
sue
January 23, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Julie love the new thumbnail shots,but if you enlarge the group shot at Shelley beach,what about the lonely pink cap still swimming???
Stephen Coulter
January 23, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Maybe there were Brendan. Perhaps thats how yesterday’s member of the Woodyamphipironinae family transforms from male to female!
Brendan Maher
January 23, 2012 at 5:11 pm
If anyone wants to have an early swim, I’m doing an unofficial Bolderdash at 5.50 tomorrow. I can’t miss out on those 8 foot waves at Queenscliff!
Michael [EX CI]
January 23, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I have actually immersed myself in water at 6.5c and I don’t think I could have taken one stroke let alone five out and back!!!
I would have to join Lesley to say OMG!! Well done! In some peculiar way I envy you both, I’d really like to give it a try one day.
We all miss you Ragnill. Lovely to hear from you.
Pacific Jules
January 23, 2012 at 9:56 pm
As Cae would say: “LIKE”… very good Brendan 🙂