Wednesday 30 October 2019 Cough cough

Peering through the wall of smoke at Manly from the backburning being undertaken through Sydney locations to suffocate all those with respiratory weaknesses for many days in the year in exchange for a benefit which today is not apparent

Also the headlands and horizon are not apparent

Luckily the swimmers are all visible

Today we had swimmers Yannick and Helen who travelled from from New York to swim and catch some other Sydney highlights while they are here like a wedding. Tod who is a BB swimmer who brought them is not wearing stripes to distinguish himself – but he did not need to do that. he is already a distinguished swimmer

Yvonne and Derrick came back to swim today, visiting from Singapore where they have moved

WOW – checking it out

I love a tough mudder T Shirt

Newbie and the temperature – efficient shot






Early swimmers coming in

Is it a setting for a Sherlock Holmes story in the soupy fog of London but transposed to the southern hemisphere?

The full A team today (well, when I took the photo)

at 640 there was hardly a soul – the 630 swimmers had gone in already. Then at 643, bam. You can hardly drive a life saver buggy through the throng (but should try). Move out of the way if there is a beep, just saying

At the outer suburbs of BB I found this trio

This swimmer set up at the Siberian end of the BB, because it is close to a shower. A different location for a shower scene. Brilliant

This is an expert ready to dive in

swimmer stats: not known

newbies – still coming

Temp – 19.1

Air – not visible because of smoke (in case you had not noticed this is an issue for me)

The Monthly Dinner – 12^th November 2019 – Guest Speaker

The Next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th November at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest on the night will be Allan Sparkes CV, OAM, VA FRSN, who is one of only 5 Australians in the past 44 years to be awarded the Cross of Valour (CV), Australia’s highest bravery decoration. Allan will speak about “What is the rarely recognised element of courage and why is it so important today?” Is courage about overcoming fear? willingness to risk your all, an inner strength? perhaps it is about choice, leaving a place of safety to go to a place of danger? But how often do we consider courage is about the willingness to care. In his talk Al Sparkes will touch on the times he has had to be courageous to help others and the times he stopped caring about himself. And what he did to recover his life from the pits of hell.

Please book early for this event as it is sure to be popular. The cost of the dinner is great value at only $25 a head, which includes shared entrees, and a selection of mains to choose from (including a vegetarian option). Glasses of beer or wine and desserts are also available at the special price of only $5 each. Numbers are limited, so bookings are essential. To avoid disappointment and secure your spot please book at www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/bb-bluewater-monthly-dinner.html