Over 78 Bold and Beautiful Swimmers!
(Double lap – Lead by John Bond – Mark, Bruce and David)
Another beaut morning! Sorry no dolphins but it was still marvellous out there!
Water a balmy 21!
Air a cool 13.9!
John Bond helping everyone to sign in….. last pic John Kelly giving the B&B ode to the newbies!
Great to see Cathy and Patrick back!
Paige’s Jimble badge of honour – looking sore!!?
A beautiful start to the day……..
Some pink bobbing heads!
Arrival at Shelly – and the ghost ‘ship’ – looks like an abandoned yacht?
We sang Happy Birthday to Sarah Abbott before we left!
Some under water shots – who is first one? …Last pic is of a … I want to say puffer fish but I don’t think it’s called that? Gaetan? Jane? anyone? Anyway he was a lovely big one!
An eery sight floating towards me! Did anyone lose a cap??
A lovely wave in, all in all a wonderful swim! Well…It was for me – was it for anyone else? Please comment below – tell us what you experienced/felt?
Bold and Beautiful extra news:
The Kimberley’s Lake Argyle Swim this weekend – Below pic: I did a search for the course and found this (from last year). Looks pretty impressive!! (if that is the one this year?)
From James:
“We all fly out Wednesday AM.
Iain M, Ben Hutt and James Goins all 20k solo
Cae Tolman, Gaetan G 10k solo
Stephen Coulter and Brendan Maher 20k duo
See you on our return
We’ll be bringing our pinks for a team shot a lakeside at some point!”
COLD WATER SWIMMING – For those who are nervous about swimming in winter read here
Last and most importantly! – Sarah at her apres swim birthday celebration – with a cake she made herself? 😉
14 comments
fifi
01/05/2012 at 11:40 am
Beautiful swim today.
I want to wish all the Lake Argyle Swimmers Good Luck!
Have a wonderful adventure in that fabulous part of the world.
Anna Alvsdotter
01/05/2012 at 11:43 am
Porcupine fish. (Just wanted to beat Gaetan and Jane to it)
fifi
01/05/2012 at 12:16 pm
BY the way, if anyone has a ticket to the film that they can’t use I would love to buy one….
John
01/05/2012 at 12:17 pm
Yes Lesley a wonderful swim with the calm water and sunshine – ideal for a second lap. Good luck to the guys heading up to Lake Argyle. Have a great day Sarah, enjoyed the cakes.
Derek Dreyer
01/05/2012 at 12:46 pm
Have fun birthday Sarah all day…sorry we missed cake & all. Hope you and Jon didn’t get into too much trouble yesterday. Tenterfield is chilly but autumn colours beautiful.
Nix's
01/05/2012 at 2:41 pm
Is anyone doing a early lap to Shelly tomorrow?
Elaine de Jager
01/05/2012 at 2:55 pm
Beautiful swim and lovely apres-swim at Manly Wine. Aly Maier came especially with mud cake for Little Sarah’s birthday and there were more cakes and slices too. John Bond managed to eat 5 friands but I suppose he does need building up after all his double laps!
Great to see the return from India of Geoff Adams with his wife Lynn.
Jules Mackin has her Ironwoman event this weekend at Port Mac so wish her luck when you see her tomorrow. (If you see her… Mr Bond will probably be enticing her into triple and quadruple laps!)
Have a great birthday Sarah and hope we get such great conditions again tomorrow!
Stephen
01/05/2012 at 3:01 pm
Happy Birthday Sarah! Lesley, we’ll give you a blog para or two daily from our Road Trip! And maybe a censored photo or two!
Little Tiger
01/05/2012 at 3:41 pm
Happy Birthday Sarah, hoping you’re having a beautiful day.
Goodluck & safe travels to our Lake Argyle Lads.
Little Sarah Abbott
01/05/2012 at 3:58 pm
Many thx all – a super start to the day! Elaine & Alyson, special thx for bringing the extra lovely cakes:-) Get well soon Alyson, Greg and any other ‘invalids’, so you can join us in the water soon!
Lake Argyle Guys – have a great trip and look f/w to any blog contributions along the way:-) Simon Cowell, have a good trip too!
Little Sarah Abbott
01/05/2012 at 4:04 pm
Michael must have a ghost-swimmer who takes care of his ticks while he’s away – Hilarious:-))
Neil
01/05/2012 at 8:20 pm
Happy day to you Sarah from the Newcastle traveller. Good swim ahead for those going to Argyle.
Jenny Holmes
01/05/2012 at 10:04 pm
Happy Birthday, Sarah – sorry I missed it. What a great start to the day – hope the rest of the year is just as good. Love Jenny
Jane Stevenson
03/05/2012 at 9:03 am
You’re right Anna – and to be even more specific, it’s a three barred PC.