29 september 2018, a great saturday

I swam a little early today as I had to come up to the mountains for the day. Its freezing up here in comparison to manly , air temp 11-12!

My view as I walked from my car to manly

met a newbie called Barry from Melbourne who was keen to have a swim and see some marine life

Lisa is back from Europe and excited to be in the ocean again . She got a lovely welcome back hug from Michael

Saturday always involves some mingling and chatting especially when early .

Colourful caps and smiles

I love watching the paddlers in the water and doing their training on the beach. The scene as I enter before the early crew return

I saw Penny Farrants in the water, always covered head to toe , she’ll never get a jimble sting for sure

I had a lovely Port Jackson shark swim under me , beautiful little creature

The boards greet me on return with the lovely trees and club in view

Ros and Sheena enjoyed the sun on the wall afterwards but I couldn’t get Ros to face me, she’s a shy one

Steves at the markets today selling gelato, the jazz festival is on too . Head on down while the weathers beautiful

Stats- water temp 17.6

newbies 3

total swimmers 194

Swim dinner is October 9th, Karen Sander is interviewing three people. Please see yesterdays blog for the link .

Hope you all have a great weekend , edwina