Over 160 very reverent and pure Bold and Beautiful swimmers gathered together under tranquil skies this morning for their weekly 45 minutes of mediatation and reflection as we sign off on another working week.
There was Sisters LSA and Paige, Brother John, and the usual congregation:
New converts Bruce R with his friend Rich D, all the way from the USA!
Our mother superior gave the blessing:
And we headed off:
Once we got to the water however, we realised this was no quiet service…. more like a loud rock concert!
…and we realised it would be all Rock N Roll to Shelly!
The show must’ve been close to a sell out… and some were probably glad to have a little lie-down…
And now it’s time for the second half…
Some of the best Rock n Roll we’ve had in Manly for a while… some didn’t stay for the encore and got out half way….
But it wasn’t over yet… Stephen Coulter leading the charge in on one of these beauties…(we’re not sure which one)
20.2c – Just like a bath!
7 Bolderdashers,
5 brave Rock n Roll fans swam the 6k
See you all tomorrow!
More Dates for your Diary:
- Gold coin donation BBQ Breakfast at Royal Far West on Sat 22nd Dec, to kick off our exciting new partnership with them. Everyone is welcome, so please come along and get to know more about the wonderful work they do there on Sat 22nd Dec straight after the swim. Please see the invite below from RFW.
- Adventure Swim – Night swim with glow sticks, torches, at 8pm so we set off as the sun sets and finish at last light 🙂 Thursday 20th December. Regular B&Bswim, Manly to Shelly and back! Drinks afterwards. (I hope!)
- CHRISTMAS DAY !!! 7am Swim to Manly return as usual followed by BBQ Breakfast, byo and share at Shelly Beach as soon as you wish after the swim.
- B&B’s 4th Birthday Party Swim, 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 !! Oh and it’s one of our swimmers 30th birthday that day too. So many reasons to celebrate 🙂
Water Temperature 20.2
Air Temperature 22.0
Sunrise 5.36am
Sunset 8.03pm
Low Tide: 9.26am
High Tide: 4.07pm
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16 comments
Pacific Jules
15/12/2012 at 11:31 am
A rockin’ good show. Great debut blog Nick !! Well done and thanks heaps for coming on board as Saturday’s solo blog artist, I’m sure your shows will be a sell out every week
Lesley
15/12/2012 at 12:22 pm
I miss 1 swim and all hell breaks loose! Haha. Well done Nick…interesting theme! Great photos!
Little Sarah Abbott
15/12/2012 at 12:43 pm
Fantastic show, Nick…..and to think it’s all free. Great job:-))
annie "yay"
15/12/2012 at 12:48 pm
rock out Nick! awesome debut…loving the out of water looking in experience…those waves really were a good size. Good to see the odd smurf lurking around too 🙂
Nick D
15/12/2012 at 1:14 pm
Thanks guys.. Once you get the hang of it it’s easy 🙂
'The Lips' formerly known as Rainer
15/12/2012 at 1:56 pm
Hallelujah!
Well done Nick! See you all at Sunday service.. 🙂
LaneyLoo
15/12/2012 at 3:08 pm
Great photos and blog Nick! Most exciting ‘service’ ever!
john S
15/12/2012 at 3:55 pm
nice one Nick, congrats on the debut.
Great blog with superior humor, punctuation and grammar.
A keeper
4.5 stars
"Snorkles"
15/12/2012 at 3:58 pm
Loving it Nick ! AND that you managed to miss The Lips out of shot too!
"Snorkles"
15/12/2012 at 3:59 pm
Quite night for me tonight so I can play on Sunday too!
Alyson
15/12/2012 at 4:15 pm
Great to see Paige is back!
john S
15/12/2012 at 4:35 pm
back page
Nick D
15/12/2012 at 4:44 pm
Thanks John 🙂
Good to get the first one away!
'The Lips' formerly known as Rainer
15/12/2012 at 6:14 pm
Snorks, I wasn’t even there today!!!
'The Lips' formerly known as Rainer
15/12/2012 at 6:18 pm
Great, will start brainstorming blog stunts for tomorrow. Gotta keep close eye on Annie ‘Yay’, she’s turning into serious competition!
DWSS
15/12/2012 at 6:53 pm
Great observation John.
Nick, well done. Must be in the top 10 bloggers.
Rock on.