G’day from Queensland We are on vac on Heron island celebrating Nats birthday. It’s a slice of heaven as many of you will know.   So many turtles abound. Tis the season. Nests bursting open with turtle bubs (hatchlings)  busting for the ocean trying to avoid marauding gulls shrieking  ‘mine mine mine’ and lurking reef...

Siyabona That was yesterday. Big water. Today so much calmer even manageable for the flat water swimmers (me and Suzie) and really beautiful in with a few raindrops to make it extra wonderful. Temp 21.7 C  and Amanda and I saw a turtle at half way. Yay and yay again. The mood board today  ...

Siyabona ( I see you ) Yesterday I blogged my Wednesday blog … except it was Tuesday #yesterdaysgirl and thankfully no one noticed / read/ cared. Meh So here I am blogging my definitely last blog of the year. It is also definitely Wednesday. Haibo!  (iZulu for ‘goodness me’) The temperature was 22.7 C –...

Wednesday 21st, water temp 23.2 C thank you Guy. Lovely swim. Some rain. Some sea lice / no-see-ums (as the folk of South Carolina islands call them) and a bit cloudy. Mood board pictures Guy is seen here Glamourised by Ab Fab Izzy and Sarah. The bloke on the wall wears  the ‘here we go...

Goeie More  ( good morning in Afrikaans) and Gday Last night was a joyous BNB Xmas party and this morning a joyous BNB swim. Oh what fun it is. In chronological order … the Xmas party with an emphasis on our unique BnB fashion. Fabulous efforts from all our Xmas fashionista’s. There was a a...

Howzit and Sawabona Reports from CTB are that the water temperature is 18.3C this fine Wednesday and  the water calm and beautiful. Find your salt joy and get in there if you can. During lockdown and Covid restrictions it’s been tough for so many of us being away from friends family or colleagues. We  have...

Sawabona ( means ‘I see you’ – a traditional and meaningful hello greeting  in Africa). It’s great to be back in the ocean and back at CTB. Thing about CTB is it’s very weedy at the moment and after my recent river swims in the UK where it was also weedy, it got me thinking...

Morning from Heathrow and apologies for the late blog but packing up got in the way like a large jimble kiss. Since  my last blog I have had another swim/ swoosh  in the Wey with my neighbour Leigh. Manus was busy.  Allegedly. This time the autumnal chill had seeped in. We estimated about 15C. That’s...

Good morning from Old Blighty and apologies for the time delay in getting the blog out. This time thing. A diversion for you all from the joys of CTB  to the Deep joy of the Thames and beyond. I mean deep and moody. Open water swimming continues to delight.  In addition to joining the cake...