BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING IN COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS  Thank you for following public health advice at all times. This includes physical distancing, limiting outdoor exercise to no more than two people at a time, staying within your LGA or 10kms from your home. Check in and out wherever you go. This week, as I was mumbling my...

BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). Thank you for following public health advice at all times. ————————————————————————————— What is 1000 times better than an End of Financial Year Sale? An End of Financial Year Seal of course! A number of very lucky swimmers had the magical...

‘The sun’s out!’ Gemma and Jo cried in unison, as they leapt in excitement at the surprisingly good day! Not a drop of rain in sight and the clouds parted making way for the sunshine!     Fellow Wednesday blogger, Jocelyn, is holding court, giving a conditions report to the 7.30 swimmers who were holding...

Over the last few days, the jimbles have made their presence felt in no uncertain terms.  From all the welts, stories and screams, it seems they have absolutely outnumbered us! Today the signs have been a little more promising! Oosty was explaining to Ros, in a very animated fashion, that while the jimbles were nasty...

Cabbage Tree Bay put on a stunning display of warm (20.1 deg), flat, glittery water together with blue, sunny skies and warm outside temperatures today – wonderfully fitting conditions to honour B&B legend, Ian Forster, our fearless and tireless leader! Congratulations on your 4000kms!   For most part of the life of the B&B, Ian...

  Woke to sad news this morning – WWII vet, Captain Sir Tom Moore passed away from coronavirus. He aimed to raise 1,000 pounds for NHS charities before his 100th birthday during the first lockdown in England by walking laps of his garden but ended up raising AUS$60million! His daughter said he had the best...

The water was surprisingly flat, warm and clear this morning after a night of heavy rain so there was a lot of excitement in the air!!  The beach was open, flags were up and all was good with the world! But once showered, with coffee in hands, the flags disappeared! 😳 The beach was closed...

The attendees of last night’s BnB Christmas party were happy to see calm, clear and flat conditions this morning! No thinking or effort required to navigate Manly, Shelly and back after a late night and p’haps one or two beverages under the belt. The water was beautiful and warm hovering around 19.7 today and not...

  The lifeguards do an awesome job at keeping the public safe at Manly. They are always on the lookout and act on information as soon as feasibly possible. There was a supposed Bronze Whaler sighting this morning but luckily most of us managed to get our swim in first which was calm, clear and...

Sometimes things happen beyond your control which means you can’t get to the beach to take photos for the blog! But with great team work and collaboration from swimmers across the group, before you know it, you have enough info/ pics to write a book! Starting with a few stats from Mr Roger Harvey: Wednesday...