Clair’s 5:28am FaceTime to Sabine in Germany – arriving in Manly for Christmas
I swam with these speedsters @ 5.30am
Boulder Bastards Bolderdashing to Queenscliff @6am
6amers to Shelly
At 6.15 I cycled to Ann Cameron’s to check her room with a view -Thankyou Ann & Sturt for sharing your view
Club paddlers at 6.20
6.25am Rob Lee & Jo
Clair & Mark – 3rd lap
Mass pushups
more of the view
Drinks Express @ the point
Drinks waving to me & they’re off!
Sharing the view
Up the coast
High ten from Jenny Knapman
The big wave @7.20
Birthday Splash
Big splash@7.23
The calm returns@7.25
Happy birthday to Jeff’s daughter Jemma (with blue towel)
Mates
Happy Birthday Marco
Stats:
Swimmers=120 (but I counted many more than this)
Newbies= 9
Temp=19.9 degrees
Have a great week ahead and an enjoyable holiday season.
I’m off t0 Perth for a few weeks but Monday’s blog will be very well catered for by other great bloggers
Simon
(Max, Matilda & Leila)
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PS
For the record, Sarah & Storchy also completed their 10KM swim on Saturday
Jenny Knapman sent me this beautiful painting
Underwater 2015 by Kerrie Lester – http://australiangalleries.com.au – Paddington
Inspiration for the work was from one of the blog photos during this year
13 comments
Tim
14/12/2015 at 12:56 pm
Great shots.
Lips
14/12/2015 at 12:58 pm
Brilliant photos Simon!!!
Happy Birthday Jemma withaJ and Marco!
Rob
14/12/2015 at 1:03 pm
Lovely Blog Simon, although Lee is looking very like Mauricio in that 6.25 am shot …I’d never noticed the resemblance before 😉
Simon Cowell
14/12/2015 at 1:09 pm
oops! Good spotting Rob – It seems Lee did indeed transform into Mauricio during the swim
Lainey aka E-laine
14/12/2015 at 1:55 pm
Love all the shots from Ann’s place. Thanks Ann and Simon! Great Benches shot of birthday boy Marco.Happy Birthday to Jemma too. Did anyone else see a beautiful Shovel Nosed Ray off Shelly?
JeffwithaJ
14/12/2015 at 2:20 pm
JemmawithaJ felt very welcomed by the B&B crew this morning. Thank you.
LSA aka HKTQ
14/12/2015 at 3:05 pm
Beautiful shots, Simon with an S – Lips & Lesley, I can see myself in all the distance shots!! and thanks for the PS pic!
JemmawithaJ, I didn’t realise it was your birthday when we were chatting – thanks for sharing it with us and enjoy the rest of your day.
I’ve given Marco with an M a 55 years’ birthday gift: a 5.55am triple by my side on Wednesday:-)) x
Snorkles
14/12/2015 at 6:03 pm
Great different perspective Simion. Love the 7:25 am calm shot!
Simon Cowell
14/12/2015 at 6:14 pm
Thanks Sharon
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Elizabeth X
14/12/2015 at 11:08 pm
Brilliant pics Simon thanks for the dedication you put in to blogging love the sign off photo. Little Matilda has grown so much !
Andrew aka MagicHands
15/12/2015 at 10:44 am
Great blog Simon. Now i’m going to have to rent a helicopter for next week…
Gillian
15/12/2015 at 1:54 pm
I went to school with Kerrie Lester! Love seeing her work.
Marco
15/12/2015 at 5:27 pm
Can’t wait Sara , I am still trying to figure out how you got me to swim so early , I’ll be very careful next time..