As the weather man talked up the wind chill factor & significant drop in temps for the week, it didn’t deter B&B swimmers and just as well! Despite a bit of a swell and a little less clarity, it was another beautiful morning of chats, milestones and sunshine! “What milestones” you ask?  The Proclaimers have...

Bees and BnBers have much in common. First and foremost, the world is in dire straits without us. We must be cared for and preserved. BnBers do a good job caring for eachother. Bees need a little more help but we are onto it. Secondly, we start with a B; we buzz around holding important...

  A very happy birthday to the lovely Sarah, who celebrated her 29th birthday today. As we all know, there are no numbers beyond 29. Sarah started the day tackling the swell and dramatically different conditions from yesterday but nonetheless, come out beaming! May the rest of your day continue the way it started! Have a...

Just as the sun completes its morning ritual of bursting into the sky, so too do we complete ours which set us up for the day. Whether that be getting out on the same side of the bed each morning, (unless you’ve had a rough night’s sleep and find yourself upside down), exercise first thing...

The morning got off to a great start when David Champion announced to the pink caps entering the water on the dot of 7am, that Janet ‘was really easy to pick up’. We all fell about laughing while David, with an armful of Janet, considered his remark momentarily and Janet, mid air, choked and spluttered!...

While this beautiful sunrise photo (photo credit Jac Shell) doesn’t truly highlight the strong current and pumping waves this morning, the notorious nor-easterly provided challenging conditions again today as management warned to swim within limits and start from Shelly if any concerns. Listening intently to instructions some headed to Shelly, some to the harbour and some...

It was a drizzly start to the morning, traffic was slow and there was an air of ‘lets just stay tucked up in bed’ lingering! Apart from cars, very few people were out and about! Approaching the beach was quiet too and it felt like no-one was there for our swim – until I got...

On what were otherwise perfect conditions, today’s swim (and Jac Shell) had a stinging end.  This team of extraordinarily brave swimmers show off their welts which were inflicted, oh so close to home! Heading around the point into a barrage of waiting blues, there was nothing we could do but to brace ourselves for the...

A team of very happy B&Bers post swim today and sans blue bottle stings after a horrific day yesterday of bluey carnage and multiple casualties!   Janet’s leg was covered in stings yesterday. They were so bad we had to blur the photo so not to frighten you. (Actually- there was water on the lens...

Driving down Sydney Road this morning,  the invigorating smell of salt air permeated the car. I breathed in deeply, wondering whether there was a special smell in the air that signals blue bottles in water, similar to smells of different fruit in wine! I sniffed extra hard, and after detecting a slight hint of licorice,...