94 happy smiling swimmers today. 0 unhappy swimmers. And three people wisely did a double.
Look at Lesley, our super duper blog whiz. Why is she so happy today? Because she’s taking a break from blogging (leaving it to me, Anna, for the weekend). Thanks for taking the photos for us today, Lesley! Meanwhile, Lesley and a whole bunch of other swimmers will be enjoying the annual Byron Bay swim and getting their chakras aligned. Send us photos please. So the rest of us left behind in Manly will have to “do Byron in Manly” as best we can. I hope to see my fellow B&B swimmers doing yoga, meditation and hanging out in the Crystal shop down the Corso sniffing on some sandalwood incense when you’re not busy chewing on sun-dried kale. Namaste.
Here’s a lovely photo of a tractor in lieu of one with Attracta. Attracta darling, where were you today? All 94 of us missed your delightful laughter.
The air temperature was autumny but we’re ok because we know the water is warm. It was nearly 21 today.
There’s a whole lotta lurve in this swim group. Two snogging examples seen above with a) Cathy and Patrick and b) Vicki and Elaine.
I found this snorkel apparatus at the bottom of the deep blue sea, but there was no snorkeller attached to it. Mysterious.
The ocean is clear with great visibility today, so plenty of fish to be seen. Have you noticed how fat the luderick are of late? The sharks are wearing mufti this Friday, looking more like dolphins.
Elaine dJ took this photo at après swim of John and Ian showing Tiny Nick the instructions on how to wear fins. Apparently (or at least according to Elaine), for three weeks Nick has been wearing them upside down and inside out! Watch out for a speedier version of Nick as of tomorrow.
Not only has a large group of B&B’ers absconded to Byron Bay for the weekend – some of our boys are acting embassadors for our distinguished group as they drive from Darwin in NT over the border to WA. Tomorrow they will be swimming 20km in Lake Argyle. All the best, boys! Feel free to let your hair down a little while you’re away.
We have received an email from a couple in Europe who call themselves Julie and Michael and who claim they used to swim with us. My memory is not the greatest, but I’m afraid there aint no bells ringin’ here. They say they miss us (huh?), and will be back swimming with us on the 13th of May. They are welcome to join us of course, but I think it would be nice if they could send us some photos to refresh our memory. Julie and Michael..? Nup, sorry, can’t recall.
13 comments
Elaine de Jager
04/05/2012 at 12:54 pm
Great blog Anna! Glad you got the photo of Ian showing Tiny Nick how to wear his fins. What a Superman Ian must be though. He injured his arm in a mbike accident years ago so only swims with 1 arm and was incapacitating himself even more by wearing upside-down/inside-out flippers! We should all remember this when trying to get nervous wimmers to swim with us. Surely they can give it a go as there’s one guy who swims with one arm and legs that keep wanting to do pirouettes! Watch out Speedsters Tiny Ian will be flying tomorrow!
Talking of snogging there was some tipsy chatter (sea water acts in a similar way to beer when you swallow enough of it) about starting a B&B Dating Service. There are quite a lot of eligible bachelors and bachelorettes. I though the Manly Boatshed would make a great first venue. (Bring your beer goggles not the other sort!)
Good luck to everyone participating in ocean swims and Ironman events on the weekend! Goodbye to Little Sarah and Jonathan who leave for HK again on Sunday 🙁 🙁 xx
Cathie
04/05/2012 at 1:16 pm
Was not snogging. Was cold!!
Little Sarah Abbott
04/05/2012 at 1:27 pm
Good job Anna! I also heard the tale of Tiny Nick’s woes over the last 3 wks – blisters, sinking feet and going in circles. Glad he’s got those surf fins sorted out!
Elaine dJ, Madame E-laine, also officially started her B&B Dating Service at Manly Wine today. She’s been whispering about it for weeks, but today she started filling up the data-base (kept in her head for ease of swimming) and started taking pics of of some of her male victims….um, male clients:) Anytime a blogger needs a filler pic or two, she’ll be happy to oblige.
For fancy-free Singles: No fees, no form-filling, dress: pink caps. Contact Madame E (middle pic under the tractor above).
Byron Bay swimmers, you may not out-do the Lake Argyle km, but I’m sure you can out-do their pics:-)
Tim
04/05/2012 at 1:33 pm
I’m concerned. The Lake Argyle swimmers seem to be turning into the cast of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! Whats going on?
Collie Dog
04/05/2012 at 1:39 pm
Is anybody thinking of doing so extra distance tomorrow?
Anna Alvsdotter
04/05/2012 at 2:22 pm
Tim, I wouldn’t let that worry me one bit as long as they’ve got all their Abba songs properly rehearsed.
Sorry about the last pic from the Argyle swimmers,(courtesy of Stephen C), the file must have been corrupted along the way. Nothing to do of course with the content of the photo (Iain attending to a call of nature next to a crocodile warning sign). I’ll have another go at publishing it on the blog tomorrow. Not to be missed!
Slow Ian
04/05/2012 at 2:25 pm
I think you may be confused E-Lane. I know I may swim like I only have one arm, but I think it was Nick you were referring to as having the motorbike accident.
Anna Alvsdotter
04/05/2012 at 2:26 pm
Elaine, I know Ian is a Superman looking after the attendance sheets for us, but I believe you were referring to Tiny Nick this time, eh?
The Dating Service is a great idea. I hope married people are allowed to attend the Boatshed knees-up too?
Slow Ian
04/05/2012 at 2:29 pm
IMPORTANT: One of our new swimmers lost her swimming costume on Saturday (in the change room I mean). So if anyone found a Manly one piece swimming costume, can you please give it to me and I will see it reaches its rightful owner.
Elaine de Jager
04/05/2012 at 3:22 pm
Little Sarah, thanks for promoting me… Madame E-laine, rather like that! Men have to divulge their real age, ladies are allowed to divulge their bio age if it is lower. Will miss you Sarah xx
Anna Alvsdotter
04/05/2012 at 3:51 pm
No that’s technically a snog. Sorry I mis-spelled your name though, Cathie! xx
gotit
04/05/2012 at 4:48 pm
I have it. meet me in the change room
Slow Ian
04/05/2012 at 6:16 pm
Male or Female changeroom??