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...

Siyabona and top of the morning to you all I’m reading of wet windy chilly Sydney. Meanwhile  in Old Blighty I’ve managed to convince the husband (Jonny/Manus) to join me try open water swimming. I applied to join the open water swimming group on FB called LOST ( Lincolnshire Open Water Tribe). The entry questions...

Howzit from Old Blighty Yes that’s right your dedicated blogger is in the UK. Caveat : It’s a work trip The Covid thing … Thank you for following public health advice including physical distancing and outdoor exercising limits (currently 2 people at a time, within your LGA or within 10kms of your home) at all...

Molweni Swimmers ( Hello in Xhosa) A fashionable temperature of 17C today and air temp around 12C. Thank you to Pauline for the daily stats. After the heady success of the catwalk shoot mark 1 I felt we should continue with virtual catwalk mark2 in the time of lockdown. How better to cheer us up...

Dumela ( hello in SeSotho) Winter swimming brings out the fashionista in us all. Or perhaps it buries it. I asked the crew to show their winter apparel on our SLC catwalk. Rocking it on the SLC catwalk Angie Ali and Sadie     Birthday girl and legendary fast fish Jenny surrounded  by models Sean,...

Siyabona swimmers A few technical difficulties means management notice will be at start of blog. Apologies keep going for the pics. Di x   B&B monthly dinner – 8th June 2021The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 8th June at 6.30 pmat Bluewater Restaurant. To celebrate World Oceans Day, this month’s...

Siyabona CTB the gift that keeps on giving. Today was no exception – a beautiful moody blues view greeted us … what’s not to like. And a great place to find joy first thing in the morning.   One of our golden legends Errol posed for me. He recovered from a stroke and still finds...