Yesterday – For time being, the daily blogs are unable to report on recent event. This applies to Comments section bottom of blogs too – with thanks
For this day (after much deliberation), I am running archival photos only (collated this week).
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Below – with Yeates men Tim, Dave, Ringo and Ant

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Dizzy Miss Lizzy – with Elizabeth Stewart

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Fixing a Hole – with Ian Nicol (who does his own wetsuit repairs)

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photo by Paul Rainbow (Bolds Facebook archive)

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Eight Days a Week – with the never-dry Brendan Maher

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Sgt Pepper – with Booty Camp

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Hey, Bungalow Bill – with Bill

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Money (That’s What I Want) – with Kane’s Manly Point Cafe

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With a Little Help from My Friends – from St Lukes Water Polo Team
FUNDRAISER for St Lukes Water Polo trip to Hawaii
Pink turkish towels will be on sale this Saturday 25 July.
One for $30 or 2 for $50
All money will be fundraising for St Lukes Water Polo trip to Hawaii.
Thank you and hope to see you there … remember to bring your money!
– from Gemma Wickham and Renee Rabbitts

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Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite – with Derek Dreyer

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When I’m Sixty-Four – with Reg Bohler (turned 63 two weeks ago). Happy birthday, Reg 🙂

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MMT– with Simon, Clair, Mark and Nicole (Photo by Fifi)

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“Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful – Beautiful Sean” – with Shaun Denton

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Octopus’s Garden – with Military Road’s Dive 2000 scuba centre. This baby cuttle is resting or sleeping; its cloaking device switched to ‘Pebble’. Image taken with flash, on night dive last Wednesday 15th at Shelly Beach – by Jenny “Puddles” Silman ©

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LITSWD – with Lucy McFadden

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The Fool on the Hill – with Rainer Noack

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Love Me Do – with Sally and Rob Hawkins

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Carry That Weight – with Jane Stevenson (whose Aldi trolley wheel finally fell off at 8.20 a.m. last Sunday)

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Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – with Max Horgan

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Come Together – with the 6.30 Express

NB: The second Nude Solstice swim is being held over until next Saturday
6.20 a.m. sharp
Saturday 1st August
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Don’t Let Me Down – with John Kelly

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You Never Give Me Your Money – with Whitewater Restaurant
Exclusive offer to B&B Swimmers from
Whitewater Restaurant – Half price meals!!
35 South Steyne MANLY
Until August 31st, B&B swimmers will receive 50% off total food bill. Conditions apply: Offer applies to food only, not beverages (note Whitewater is not BYO)

Available for dinner only Sunday through to Friday (excludes Saturday and public holidays). Orders must be placed by 7.30pm (the kitchen must have received the order by 7.30pm no later) Not valid in conjunction with any other offer. Swimmers MUST bring along a pink cap (as this deal is exclusive to the B&B). One pink cap per 4 diners. Maximum group size 10 people (3 caps required) At time of booking please mention Bold and Beautiful to receive the discount. Book via the website: or call 9977 0322
http://www.whitewaterrestaurant.com.au/reservations/
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Paperback Writer – with peter Wood

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Helter Skelter – with Nick Dawkins. It’s rare to see an actual jimble photo from a Bolds sea-going camera, but Nick shot this beauty on Wednesday morning …

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Back in the USSR – with Yuri Alekseyevich

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Here Comes the Sun – with Jenny on Tuesday (back from the USA)

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Ticket to Ride – with Long Reef Surf. This surf shop is reportedly now offering 20% off to Pink Cappers

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AR – with The Magnificent Seven (Cammeray crew)

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I Am the Walrus – with Wilf Deck

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Twist and Shout – with Wallabies @ World Cup
Royal Far West Fundraiser
Prior to the Wallabies departure for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, you are invited for lunch and a chat with Bill Pulver (CEO of the Australian Rugby Union)
When: Thursday 20 August 2015
Time: 12 pm to 3 pm
Where: The Steyne Hotel, Manly
Cost: $900 for table of ten
Or $100 per person
Includes 3 course meal and beverages
A great opportunity to hear first hand from Royal Far West’s friend and ARU CEO, Bill Pulver, who will be under the spotlight and happy to take questions at this event.
All proceeds from the luncheon will help Royal Far West continue to provide health services to children living in rural and remote New South Wales.
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All you need is love (All together, now!) – photo by Renae Schmidt

STATS
Air: 9º (positively balmy)
Water: 17.7º (Candlelit whiteboard)
Swimmers: 110
Newbies: Nil
Moment: 60 seconds @ 7 a.m.
Feelings: Community – chats – mirth – fitness – friendships – sunrises – brisk starts to our days 🙂
Contact: Surf Life Saving’s CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) has left a contact number for Bolds this morning – Steve Haggett 0432 582 084


21 comments
Shelley K
24/07/2015 at 10:18 am
Untoppable, and unstoppable
Shelly
24/07/2015 at 10:29 am
Good one Roger, good crowd this morning with fantastic conditions.
Love you all
Shelly
xoxoxo
LSA aka HKTQ
24/07/2015 at 10:43 am
Love the blog and the theme – great job, Roger ….
Keep swimming! Keep looking out for each other!
xxxxx
Snorkles
24/07/2015 at 11:12 am
Love the theme Roger!!
Hoping my cold goes before next Sat …to join the swim!!!!
Simon
24/07/2015 at 11:16 am
Loved the SPLHCB, AR, CT et al can I please have a HR version of the MMT shot
roger
24/07/2015 at 11:20 am
Click to enlarge, Simon … then drag onto desktop. (That’s biggest file I have)
Simon
24/07/2015 at 12:06 pm
Thanks for the picture Roger
BTW you previously asked for the Tardis blog:
http://pacificjules.typepad.com/pacific-jules/2014/03/2432014-inside-the-tardis.html
FYI here are my Jason Maraz and LITSWD blogs:
http://pacificjules.typepad.com/pacific-jules/2014/01/20012014-.html
http://pacificjules.typepad.com/pacific-jules/2014/01/07012014-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds.html
Mary
24/07/2015 at 12:20 pm
Beautiful swim this morning – pity about the jimbles. Especially the one that stung me on the lips!! Lower lip looks like a bad attempt at botox. . .
Lots of people saw an enormous sting ray. Any photos?
Ringo
24/07/2015 at 1:21 pm
Nice blog…Paperback writer!
lesley
24/07/2015 at 3:35 pm
Shaun’s should have been “I am a walrus’
Shelly
24/07/2015 at 3:56 pm
Good one !
Lesley
24/07/2015 at 4:05 pm
Lol Jane’s Aldi trolley
Tony P
24/07/2015 at 5:05 pm
Spotted a turtle close to the rocks near Mambo cafe this morning, super stoked.
Jane
24/07/2015 at 5:28 pm
It’s not funny, Lesbubbles.
Nurse J
24/07/2015 at 5:45 pm
Jane sorry to hear your wheels have fallen off but here’s a little story for you about the copepods, or, Mermaids scales as Sharnie calls them.
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/scientists-discover-how-shimmering-creature-turns-invisible
Lesley
24/07/2015 at 6:09 pm
Looks like its gonna be a beaut morning tomorrow!
Warm / no wind / no swell! Perfect conditions for our little swim !
See you all there
Jane
24/07/2015 at 8:45 pm
Marvellous video, Jalna – our little mystery is solved!
Kerry
25/07/2015 at 12:05 am
Agghhh – left my wetsuit and swimmers in ladies change room – blue seventy 😱 – don’t tell me this means winter solstice swim! Please let me know if anyone spots it. Thanks Kerry
Shaun
25/07/2015 at 6:14 am
Actually, yeah, not bad. 🙂
Jen
25/07/2015 at 9:24 am
Kerry – I picked up your wetsuit yesterday around midday when I was swimming (left next to bin – thought it was rubbish!) – have rinsed & air-dried and will return to you. I was going to post on this blog last night but forgot – sorry!! let me know best way to return it. I didn’t want to just leave it there for the afternoon as might not have stayed there. Jen
Anna Bananna
25/07/2015 at 10:48 am
So very clever, Roger!