111 Swimmers turned up today!!
Looks a bit grey but the waves were smaller so pretty much everyone was able to go in from the beach….
Sarah mucking about with Rainer/Lips who definitely turned up today – see proof below!
Jenny Menzies toe from yesterday – kicking some butt no doubt trying to get up the stairs at halfway!! (well a rock at least!)
Uncle Dave in his NEW Christmas budgies from the Bold and Beautiful Swim Line! HERE!
Jules taking a photo of…. Michelle and Billy…
John Lonergan feeling the power..
As I was swimming to the point there was a bit of a commotion.. Elaine and a few others had spotted and an unusual fish!! It was a blind shark! Below is what they look like (picture from the internet)..How do we know it’s a blind shark?…they wear glasses of course derrrr!!
AND this is how MY photo turned out of it…!
Wild Wilf powering along…
Finally! A photo of John O’Neill resting at Shelly!
It really IS BOXING DAY!
Some blarting going on! (blog+tarting)
Swimming back to avoid the jimbles – yes they are back…I swam hugging the rocks and this fella swooped straight under me!! I am almost always on my own swimming back this way and there is SO MUCH TO SEE!!! (an eagle ray)
Some rocks seemed to have been uncovered from the rough seas?? (at the Point)
Ted and his Christmas undies!!
The guys and their Special Coffee and Cake get together apres Swim!
B&B’s 4th Birthday Party Swim TOMORROW
Thursday 27th December we might be celebrating 4000 swimmers and a world record too… we currently have a submission in with the Guinness World Records for the worlds largest daily open water swimming group !!
Birthdays Today are:
Brian Clark and Shaun Denton who is 50!!
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News from Sponsors:
One of our sponsors Sydney By Sail / Matt Hayes – is a helmsman on Ragamuffin Loyal one of the favourites to win the Sydney to Hobart race today – GOOD LUCK MATT!!
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A bit of Christmas Fun…(no human was harmed to get these photos – except maybe their pride?….)
Looks like Robster the Blogster had too many mince pies this Christmas…
Timster the Blimpster – too many lollies…
And Alex..too many chin ups??
If certain well known BnB swimmers were to have children – this is what they (unfortunately) COULD look like!! Guess who the parents are of the following “children”?? hahahahaha
oooh some more Chubster-too-much-christmas food photos JUST IN!
This is what happens when you miss ONE swim! 😀
BREAKING NEWS!!!
There are only 20 calendars left!! Please hurry and place your order with Jules
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STATS!
6 Bolderdashers
1 Doubler – Bruce Baird!
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Photos from Simon Cowell
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Till next week ..signing off: Lesley the Lubster 🙂
yes this is me at 6! Do you have a problem with it?!?!?
Water Temperature 19.9
Air Temperature 18.0
Sunrise 5.43am
Sunset 8.07pm
Low Tide: 2.27pm
High Tide: 8.15pm
31 comments
Robbie Byrne
26/12/2012 at 12:48 pm
Hilarious!!!!
'The Lips' formerly known as Rainer (title reinstated after I saw AnneE's patheticly tiny scars today)
26/12/2012 at 12:49 pm
Hillarious!!
Oh Lesley, this must be the funniest blog of the year. Couldnt stop laughing. What a treat!!
For the record, i swam bolderdash AND shelly today. Make sure Little Sarah ticked everything correctly. She can be a bit clumsy with the ticking..
Love the Chubster photos. Just tell me, why did you distort everyone’s except John S’s photo?
See you all tomorrow!
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 1:00 pm
Lesley, Lesley, Lesley.
Great blog but unfortunately you are in trouble with the integrity police.
There was no tick today for Lips so obviously this is a doctored photo AND LSSA forgot her criss cross agreement with her crafty sidekick Lips and did not tick today.
Also stretching the truth yet again you have added 10 years to my age AND I did not get my birthday kiss today.
Congratulations to the matriarch Jules, who teamed up and launched a Callander attach worthy of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. Along with several very persuasive team mates launched five waves to make a sale. I naturally purchased with no hesitation as I was thinking of the kids in need.
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 1:01 pm
Haha I was thinking the same Tonto
Little Sarah Abbott
26/12/2012 at 1:03 pm
Lips, thx for stepping into the rescue when Shaun was about to strangle me for ticking you in yesterday. Fortunately, at breakfast Jules also confirmed she’d seen your “lay-low” self for the Xmas swim.
Oh Laney Loo, was there a suggestion you might have a few more daughters in the B&B?
Lesley – Super Star Blogger!
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 1:05 pm
Watching start of Sydney to Hobart. GO MATT
Stephen Coulter
26/12/2012 at 1:09 pm
Lesley, I love the fat photo software app. It’s great how could do it to your own 6 year old photo too!
Lesley
26/12/2012 at 1:27 pm
Heehee thanks everyone… And thanks to all the good sports who let me have a laugh at their expensive!! But the good think is every one of you looks 100 times better in real life!! 😀
Lesley
26/12/2012 at 1:29 pm
THING…I MEANT THING…BLOODY PREDICTIVE TEXT!!!
Lesley
26/12/2012 at 1:30 pm
What fat photo app??
secret squirrel
26/12/2012 at 1:37 pm
Touche!
Hard but fair!
Great blog Lesley, and the image of the blind mullet, but where is the butt photo of yourself?
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 1:42 pm
I realised as I left the BlueWater I needed a few more calendars for Integrity Police Staff Headquarters. Came back and everyone had gone.
Jules can you help me out with lets say 9-12 more?
I willing to pay double to secure them!
Thanks
Secret Squirrel per
DWSS.
John S
26/12/2012 at 1:49 pm
I got nothin!
Its funny how the strong (the lions of this world) – and those that have broad shoulders (and carry the weight of the world upon them) are always always attacked by the ferrets and sheep in groups (Tonto & DWSS) snapping at the heals of the great!
Remember, I know where you both live – and I got some liquid paper from Santa!!!
Drinky Boy
26/12/2012 at 2:27 pm
Congrats to the Dolphin Whisperer on turning 50 and bursting into Column 1 with a bullet (and a calendar!)
John S
26/12/2012 at 2:35 pm
Of Course
Congrats on turning 50 Shaun!!!!
A great milestone to have reached!
You don’t look a day over 49!!
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 3:16 pm
…and just now, whilst chatting to the wife while watching the race, I told her and Christian about all the poor kids in need and showed them the calendar. Just for once, cutting a long story a tad shorter, we’ll mop up the supply and pay treble.
Jules, can we also reserve a quota for next year? Don’t worry if you don’t find a pic with me in – as long as it has LSA & Lips in, that’ll be fine, as I now realise I’ve been pretty mean to them and from today, I’m dropping out of the PC in good sportsmanship, acknowledging I did lose the S.Steyne to Column One race.
GO MATT & LSA!
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 4:27 pm
Ohhh Mr S, you are in the Ga,e big time. Very creative, well done. hahaha
Have you been talking to the Master Planner?
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 4:28 pm
hahaha
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 4:33 pm
Thank you Drinky boy. I thought I turned 50 last month And next year And a decade from now.
Oh well, thanks anyway.
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 4:34 pm
Lane one for the Whisperer. yip yip.
Sorry Paige. ±
Little Sarah Abbott
26/12/2012 at 4:47 pm
Paige, as you’ve been so rudely bumped, pls do join Jon, Lips and I for a B’crawl tomorrow or Friday or possibly Sat. 5.35 a.m…..
Also, anyone else, count down is on for last chance to join a B’crawl this year with a guaranteed slower swimmer by your side:-) Recommended for those who’ve been partying too much!
Alyson
26/12/2012 at 4:53 pm
Oh Elaine, you look gorgeous 😉 bet those celebrities you hang out with yesterday were feeling very lucky to have met you! Lol
LaneyLoo
26/12/2012 at 4:54 pm
I’m at my Xmas party in a quiet corner reading the blog in stitches! Hope you really didn’t mind me rustling through your pockets for the calendar money DWSS. Glad you’ve agreed to buy a few more!!
We have to get Lesley back for the fat photos. We should try the app on butt photos!
Drinky Boy in response to Laney Loo
26/12/2012 at 5:04 pm
Actually DWSS whispered to me that he wanted all 20 remaining calendars. He will have the money in his pockets tomorrow.
Also many thanks to Blog Queen Lesley for doing something that I thought couldn’t be done – enhancing my jaw! Very sexy. If only Lips was there…..
Dolphin Whisperer
26/12/2012 at 5:11 pm
Haha thats it, I’m cutting my pockets out.
Well done Lesley.
secret squirrel
26/12/2012 at 6:06 pm
I’ve been closely following the writings of MC, being the true Master Planner behind the Master Planner
john S
26/12/2012 at 6:08 pm
I’m in for the searchin!
Michael [EX CI]
26/12/2012 at 6:23 pm
Could I just inject a little sanity????
Those rocks ‘which seem to have been uncovered’ by the waves etc? They have been there for at least the last ten years unless I’m seeing things!!
ALSO don’t forget its B&B’s FOURTH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. So lets have a good roll up and a bit of a knees up to celebrate.
john S
26/12/2012 at 6:31 pm
DWSS congrats on the C1, a massive effort that john S, secret squirrel and a few other professionally misdiagnosed personalities are yet to achieve!
XXX
mauricio
26/12/2012 at 8:26 pm
Hi everyone,
A very late addition to today’s blog, a small clip of this morning’s swim:
http://youtu.be/swH4MiPkq3M
Regards
Snorks across the other side of the world
27/12/2012 at 10:49 am
You forgot …it has to have me in too!
I, not sure I can count Rainers blog count today asaccording to the blog – he wasn’t actually there!