Hanging outside a bakery after the swim, one of the regulars made the observation that while every day the sun comes up, how beautiful have the sunrises been of late!  The bloggers have all captured the same subject – sun coming up – but each different in colour intensity, clouds, etc, surely you get the...

You may not have realised it, but yesterday was warmer than our last Christmas Day by two degrees!!  We enjoyed 24 degrees in Sydney in the middle of winter. The spectacular sunrises continue.  How spoilt are we to be welcomed to the daily swim by this magnificent display of colour and light. Today there were...

Were you one of the lucky 96 swimmers who rocked up this morning?  An amazing morning don’t you think?   One could almost be forgiven for thinking that winter is so last week. The water has climbed to 17.5 degrees – that is 1.1 degrees in the past week.  Even as we assembled like seals basking...

103 B&B swimmers; 16.4 degrees in the water; 7 degrees out!  Truly this mob is addicted to this morning ritual. When you have the privilege to share the experience of a winter’s sunrise with an amazing bunch of people – why wouldn’t you make the pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Point to give thanks....

Welcome to Pi Day!!  For the hipster nerds out there this will be obvious.  For the rest of us this is because it is 22/7 which is – if you remember your school maths – Pi. π Continuing with the numbers, there were 97 brave B&B swimmers this morning, approximately 11 of which were on the...

An interesting definition of ‘organic’ is organised, systematic, coordinated.  That sounds like us don’t you think?   It was so dark this morning that the little light on the check in list was a welcome beacon.  A massive 105 swimmers gathered for today’s swim.  The usual good natured banter distracts us from the time –...

As we slip into week 7 of winter, 44 swimmers have already qualified for the Winter Badge and a remarkable 689 are on target! Whether it was to edge closer to that badge or perhaps a milestone on the Pacific Challenge, today, 100 hardy B&B swimmers notched up another swim.   Including one Newbie!!  Welcome to...

There are some words that winter swimmers really don’t want to use – although they may be thinking them.  Cold and freezing are two.  Delightfully they were not on the list for today as the weather and waves were welcoming. Relief embraced us.  Just look at these guys – totally chilled.   Winter swimmers are...

Glorious smiles welcomed the 68 brave B&B swimmers this morning. How could you feel anything other than inspired when greeted by this mob as we gather in our little corner of Manly. Rain looms on the horizon, but the cloud cover blankets us with a relatively warm 14 degrees as we commence the ritual disrobing for...

The morning news told us there was wild weather about.  Road closures, flooding, disrupted transport (frankly when isn’t transport disrupted?), king tides and dangerous surf! Just the sort of day you will find the intrepid B&B mob out for a swim. Actually, a modest 53 swimmers took the plunge today.  It was a real winter...