Over 42 Bold and Beautiful Swimmers + 1 shark!
Some of the earlier swimmers returning….
Some personal bests were no doubt swum today due to the fact that there was an early spotting off the Point of a shark! Various reports were circulating..(great whites, tigers etc), but it appears to be confirmed by some our own swimmers (one of them Derek) who went in for an early swim and some of the Old and Bold!
Here’s Derek with the full story – though Ian doesn’t look too convinced and I notice Derek needs glasses?!? Apparently it was big, black and was eating fish… the shark ..not Derek!
I checked with the lifeguard and he said yes a shark alert went out earlier, I think around 6.30am.
Five brave souls went in from the beach – see below..Gulp!
The rest of us went in at halfway.
No photos were taken of the swim because I wasn’t stopping!!
But the brave souls made it!!! As did the rest of us …YAYYY!
Back at half way some of us got out faster than usual, and one didn’t make it!! No, no that’s just Nick trying to get his fins off! 😉
And here are some of the braver ones who also returned to the beach – the Rocky theme comes to mind! da da daaaaa, da da derrrrrr
John Kelly (courtesy of Elaine De Jager)
Another fun successful swim!
Special thanks to John Kelly and Ian Forster for keeping things going whilst Jules is away.
Just another reminder that a SPECIAL B&B ANZAC CEREMONY SWIM will occur this Wednesday 25th April at the daily time of 7am. As always we’ll set off from Manly at 7am, gather at the point together before continuing on to Shelly Beach where Greg McDonagh will play the Last Post on the Trumpet and Bruce Baird will read the Ode. This is a continuing B&B tradition which is a lovely tribute and a wonderful atmosphere so please come down and join in.
Water Temperature 21.2
Air Temperature 18.0
Sunrise 6.23am
Sunset 5.22pm
High Tide: 9.25am
Low Tide: 3.06pm
14 comments
Little Sarah Abbott
23/04/2012 at 12:49 pm
Yes, a rock-hugging swim from Half-Way for most of us who listened to Derek…..
Which of the seriously Bold & Beautiful said: “At my stage of life, it’s ‘hello shark, good-bye nursing home!’ “?
Elaine de Jager
23/04/2012 at 1:00 pm
Strange that a Polly and a Pharmacist were amongst the ‘brave’ who ventured out past where the shark was spotted! (You’d have thought they had more sense!)
Another great blog Lesley! I have got a photo of Mr Football, I mean Mr Kelly, fully dressed after the swim too! (How does he manage not to get wet patches on his clothes?)
Slow Ian
23/04/2012 at 1:21 pm
I think our unwelcome visitor may have been a rare dolphin shark.
Anna Alvsdotter
23/04/2012 at 2:04 pm
Ha ha ha, what an adventure, shame I can’t do Monday mornings now that Easter break is over.
Well done with the blog and making me LOL yet again. Thanks Mr Football, Mr Forster and Ms Funnybone Coulter. Highly entertaining!
Lesley
23/04/2012 at 2:15 pm
..and a lawyer! 😉
Lesley
23/04/2012 at 2:16 pm
yes that’s right the rock hugging – Yeah we clung to it didn’t we!!
Derek Dreyer
23/04/2012 at 4:32 pm
Couldn’t agree more except think I was swimming over the rocks…for me previously thought it might not be such a bad way to go (relatively quick/no endurance suffering, no funeral burdens on family, recycled and certainly cost effective with this GFC thing). But seeing a fin so close, whatever it was, made me forget those positives. Don’t think Ive caught a wave that quick on the board…same for Christine from B&O….
Tania
23/04/2012 at 4:47 pm
With all of today’s excitement, is anybody up for a 6.30am swim tomorrow?
I’ll be at the club waiting, and hopefully there will be no man munching sharks or messy surf??!! 🙂
Joan and Don Isbill
23/04/2012 at 5:29 pm
Do not blame you for not stopping Lesley. Great blog well done.
Tacomajim
23/04/2012 at 5:51 pm
Great blogging, Lesley. Enjoying your presentations!
Elaine
23/04/2012 at 7:33 pm
We’re missing Jules and Michael though…but hope you’re all having a nice time together 🙂
Anna Alvsdotter
23/04/2012 at 8:53 pm
My thoughts precisely. All the best to you all.
Gaetan
23/04/2012 at 9:08 pm
another hilarious blog, that photo of Nick taking his fins off is very interesting 🙂
Great sea and weather conditions expected for the next 2 days so don’t miss out people! 🙂
fifi
24/04/2012 at 10:47 am
I think that might have been the lovely Sybil, or one of the Cronulla b and b’s