G’day and Siyabona Today was described as a 10/10 swim by someone, beautiful crisp clear and sunny. The scene and the temperature (thank you to our arty wizard Guy) and the welcome ‘desk’ thanks Simone The really early crew at crazy o clock, Hugh, Dave aka Capless, Greg ( he drones on a bit), and...

Siyabona  this fine morning from Old Blighty CTB continues to deliver winter joy as I see from blogs and friends reports. I always think winter brings out the best of the swim grit and fun. Solidarity in freezing one’s bits off. Warming in imaginary make do ‘saunas’. 50 shades of what that SLC door can...

Bok from the Croatian islands We are currently  sailing around the Croatian islands which is swimming heaven. For me at least. Long swims in calm clear seas. Water about 19C.  (Ahsweh we do work sometimes) Back in the Uk before we left I swam  with my good friend Leigh and a friend Laura from the...

Siyabona Apologies the next few blogs from me will be from pastures afresh. A few pics of our Saffer trip which we absolutely loved especially seeing my family and old friends. First the call of the wild and wonderful Kruger ( I can’t seem to right some of these images ) Bush babies in 2...

G’day Yesterday the spirit of the Anzacs was amongst us.  If you haven’t done the pre dawn (4.25) Manly service on the Corso, do yourself a favour and attend next year, it’s very moving. To see so many people attend the BnB service at 7 am was very ‘ lekker ‘ ( the wonderful Afrikaan...

Siyabona and G’day Today was much like yesterday with swell building a bit today. Blubbers were sighted, blubbers stung and blubbers were avoided. It was a lottery. Waves were sizey. Some wild guesses at how many blubbers in the bay … 6.5 (Sean), about 3 ( The Driver and Master Baker ) a few avoidable...

Howzit and Siyabona It’s been a while apologies for missing a few I’m sure you’ve missed the Safferisms 🙂 This week has seen a strong rip in our corner. It wasn’t all a ripping good time as swimmers battled against it coming in. Another thanks to those who helped our dear Bin in when she...

Siyabona ( I see you) This week has felt a bit like Otis Redding’s lovely song, warm mornings apre swim I could just hear these lyrics… Sittin’ in the mornin’ sunI’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ comesWatching the ships roll inThen I watch ’em roll away again, yeah I’m sittin’ on the dock of the...

Happy St Andrew’s Day to all the Scots and descendants of Scots A wee bit then about the famous Proclaimer Song ‘ I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) As Scottish as Irn Bru and deep fried pizzas. There can’t be too many souls in Scotland who don’t know all the words to this one. I’m Gonna Be...

Howzit and Ni Hao from Hong Kong This is a late but dedicated short blog as we make our way home from the UK. I managed a few river swims, temperature circa 11/12 C. What a fun bunch these wild swimmers are. First swim was a stretch of the Thames at Runnymede. This was after...