Friday December 20 is going to be the first scorcher of the season – and to all those waiting in the queues out at the Wet and Wild… here’s something to bring a tear to your eye…
208 Swimmers showed up at our little corner in Manly… ready for some fun…
Time for a quick “Where’s Winston” – beginner level…
It’s Ness’s last day 🙁
We’ve had some fun swims Nessie – we’re going to miss you, but it’ll be choice eh broo over there in Queenstown – you’ll love it.
There were some “colourful swimming identities” ths morning…
You can tell from this shot, exactly who doesn’t put their heads down when the minister says “let us pray”
Ness is the blog tart of the day of course….
She did the “Let’s Go”
The only fish I saw was this flathead with a smaller fish’s tale sticking out his mouth…
He was fine with it .. he just swam off…
Guess who won today….
…and someone was happy to see us back…
Here’s some pics of the 10km swim last Sat…. 6am start for the good looking group…
John Lehmann took these great shots..
Smooth arrival at Curl Curl…
John Bond’s group
…and it’s all over! A couple of newbies here celebrating a great swim…
Stats for today:
Swimmers: 208
Newbies: 7
Water: 21.2c
Sunrise: 5:40
Sunset: 8:04pm
Have a great weekend – stay cool today! Nick Fisheye D
B&B Merchandise Orders Update:
Royal Far West (who handle our merchandising) close this Friday (20th) for 2 weeks, so for any last minute Christmas orders please place them Thursday (19th) or Friday morning http://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/clothing.html
otherwise business as usual from 8th Jan.
B&B Attendance Login App
Come on folks – there are so many good reasons to use the B&B Login App. No queues, no need for glasses so you can find your name, and it is eco friendly. With the aim of becoming carbon neutral the B&B Login App reduces our paper consumption. Log your swim between 5am and 9am for the easy way to ensure your swim is recorded in the daily attendance and on the Pacific Challenge.
New way to log in Old way to log in.
To get started, send an email to Ian Forster (
ugoboyo@gmail.com). He will check that your email address is activated on the attendance register then send you info on how to get started. Happy clicking.
Summer badge swims are go!!
Every Saturday during summer there will be a 6km swim – usual route is to Freshwater and back, then once a month a 10km swim. Route depends on conditions that day so it is a good idea to arrive a little early to have a briefing from Squadron Leader John ‘007’ Bond. The next 10km swim to be held on 11 January depending on conditions.
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Staying safe
Remember that there are no badges for scaring yourself silly! While it is great to extend your boundaries, it is important to know your limits. Do read these excellent tips on staying safe in the surf. To read, or even download,
click here.
13 comments
LSA aka HKTQ
20/12/2013 at 11:31 am
Great shots of the pink ‘choir’, Lesley directing the traffic, Ness celebrating and today’s No 1 pin-up girl!
Thx also for including the pics of The Great 10Kers! Good to see the fun celebrations we had along the way:)
Snorkles
20/12/2013 at 1:01 pm
Sorry to see you go Ness….hope the wetsuit works out for you!
Ness
20/12/2013 at 1:05 pm
Thanks Nick, for another great blog and LOADS of pictures of me!! Will miss all my BnB mates. Until next time!
Nick D
20/12/2013 at 1:08 pm
No probs 🙂 get the spare room ready for ski season! Woohoo!
ros
20/12/2013 at 1:49 pm
I love that photo of the flathead and his tasty little fish-prey. And, of course, Turbo’s joy jump!
Lips
20/12/2013 at 2:03 pm
It’s a fish-eat-fish, joy-jumping-dog world out there.. all in beautiful balance.
lesbubbles
20/12/2013 at 3:26 pm
um.. is anyone going to mention the ‘elephant in the room’…Elaine and Bernard in THAT photo?!?!?
Love the sea of pink photo’s of everyone!
Ness your kids are soooo cute!!!!!! See u again one day!!
Love the Turbo shot too!
Lips
20/12/2013 at 3:38 pm
Did you just call Elaine an elephant??
Slow Ian
20/12/2013 at 4:03 pm
It’s not an ‘elephant in the room’, it’s a ‘groper in the water’.
JK
20/12/2013 at 4:15 pm
Nick….I got a similar photo of that Flathead with the fish in his mouth yesterday…..must take a while to digest
LSA aka HKTQ
20/12/2013 at 5:43 pm
Didn’t you hear the latest rumour? Not the ones about me swimming in circles for 8 hrs, Nick taking the bus from Queensie, Shaun crawling on rocks whilst hallucinating, Chris swimming backwards to Freshie or Jon taking off with everyone’s money, but the one about how Bernard groped his way to Curly?
Nothing boring about a 10K swim:)
The Shark Toucher
20/12/2013 at 11:22 pm
JK – Amazing! Maybe that’s it’s natural defence – refuse to be digested?
Vanessa
21/12/2013 at 1:52 pm
Thanks Lesley, hope to be back at some point!