I received a text this morning from today’s rostered-on blogger Lips…
He can’t make the swim and could I blog instead?
I haven’t blogged for 2 years …and you’ll see why below.. … I grabbed my camera and headed down.
On the way I saw the 6.30’ers walking down to the harbour – The “blue-bottle harbour march” …after yesterday’s surprise attack…
Back at the beach side though conditions were rough-ish.. didn’t really hear any reports of bluey’s
And boy it was PACKED out – well over 500 peeps … click on this photo – you can see the swimmers all the way back along the path…
Swimmers streamed into the water for over 10 minutes…
A lot headed to half way because of the rough conditions…
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including Mary…and me! 😀
The swimmers streaming one long line all the way to Shelly,,,,
At halfway I bumped into these divers…. really near the surface!
The view looking towards Shelly… I couldn’t see a thing…
There were waves of people coming in and leaving all at the same time – amazing there were no collisions (that I knew of…)
A new trend among the regular swimmers – wait a few minutes until the main mob leave Shelly..
Lisa is back! The WOW’s celebrate her return… As I am not on Facebook I have no idea where she has been 😉
Lots of these jellies around at the moment…
Back onshore Bernhard was parading around trying to impress us with his blue bottle sting from yesterday…
To summarise: crowded, stinking hot, blue bottles, murky, rough.. and we LOVE IT! 🙂
Signing off Lesbubs
16 comments
Anne E
January 7, 2018 at 2:02 pm
Many thanks to Robyn D and Elaine for filling in as greeters this morning and wrangling 55 new swimmers into the sea!
Lesbubs
January 7, 2018 at 2:23 pm
Oops sorry Anne I forgot the stats! 😬
Simon
January 7, 2018 at 2:56 pm
Yeh Lesbubs
I thought you were going to say Lips was bluebottled on the lips again.
At 6:30 14 of us swam the calm stinger free waters to Little Manly return.
edwina harrison
January 7, 2018 at 3:02 pm
Wow, so many newbies and swimmers. Great blog and I love that photo of the sun looking at you. All the blue bottle stings yesterday were massive, we were lucky to escape unscathed. Want to come back to blogging Lesley? On a Saturday? 🙂
Anne
January 7, 2018 at 3:24 pm
Great blog. Getting out from the beach was interesting
susan marinan
January 7, 2018 at 3:27 pm
Well Done Lesbubbles. A great blog. No one would know you haven’t done it for 2 years. A great photo capturing the big group which stretches from Manly to Shelley. There were SO many people. Great work Anne!! The photo of the sun is Amazing. It is exactly like that – you just can’t see anything.
Bernhard
January 7, 2018 at 3:35 pm
Not too bad for your first blog in two years, you haven’t lost your blogging skills (and humour) at all.
Except for the last photo which is a clear breach of privacy laws. My medical condition (bluey imprint on my back) is a matter only for my healthcare professional and I, and not for the public domain. I don’t want management, conscious of their responsibility for all swimmers, to intervene and declare me unfit for swimming
Lainey
January 7, 2018 at 3:52 pm
I bet you got quite a thrill hanging out over those divers LesBubbles enjoying their bubbles! Great blog although I missed your trade mark speech bubbles. Next blog soon! Robyn and I hardly did anything compared to Anne E who does such a good job with all these newbies. Thanks Anne, you’ volunteer so much if your time, b & b, Avner Pancreatic Foundation, Friends ofCabbage Tree Bay… You’re a gem.
Gemma
January 7, 2018 at 4:49 pm
Great blog, Lesley – stunning mix of action shots and reflective moments – you get my vote to replace Rainer full time!
Lips
January 7, 2018 at 6:06 pm
Nice work Lesbubs! You still got it.
Thanks for saving the day. I owe you one. Hot chocolate with marshmallow on me next weekend.
And thanks for digging up that Lips photo. Lest we forget.
WWSS
January 7, 2018 at 6:06 pm
Worst blog Eva!
Paul
January 7, 2018 at 8:42 pm
I also love the glare of Shelly pic. Thanks for blogging.
Kerry
January 7, 2018 at 9:10 pm
Half way through reading I’m thinking..it’s Lesley.. and as the quips kept coming I knew it was you 🤣 Welcome back Lesbubs! 💯
Inge
January 7, 2018 at 9:38 pm
I was reading with amusement and thinking “who wrote this blog?” Brilliant blog Lesbubs! You are a natural!
Lesbubbles
January 8, 2018 at 9:26 am
hence the title of the blog ;-/
LSA aka HKTQ
January 8, 2018 at 11:36 am
Bluebottles, crowds, rough – no surprise Lips opted out!!
Thanks to all the Bloggers…love keeping in touch from the mountains in Vietnam or wherever we are!
Stay cool! Miss you all!