The eloquent Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted as saying, “Do one thing everyday that scares you.” Well, with sun rise at 6.59am, air temperature of 8 degrees and water temperature 18 degrees, there were 114 B&B swimmers prepared to shrug off the comfort zone and challenge themselves. The beauty of the sunrise can distract you for...

  Welcome to Sighday.  The frenetic energy of the weekend has dissipated; the Monday blues are so yesterday; Tuesday is the day to breathe deeply and soak in the remarkable molten gold of today’s sunrise. Don’t know if it is the badge or the addiction of winter swimming, but there were 101 swimmers throwing themselves...

Well here we are four days into winter with 103 swimmers, 24 of which did the early lap at 6:30am! You can tell that there was a huge early swim by the number of bags, shoes, ugg boots and attendant dogs left along the wall. With the atmospheric temperature at 9 degrees, everyone is just...

A foggy start to the day did not deter the 66 B&B swimmers who rocked up for the daily dip.   Surprisingly, it was rather mild as we gathered in front of our favourite building site.  And of course we do bring our own special blend of colour to the morning.   The ‘getting wet’...

The conditions remain flawless!  With the water temperature at 20.4 degrees (ok it was 11 degrees out of the water. . . ), stunning, golden sunrise and 103 swim buddies, the conditions are immaculate for a morning swim.  Can you beleive that it is only one month to the winter solstice? The early crowd gathers...

How did you find this morning – dark, a little drizzly, and oh so warm under the doona?  Well, if motivation lost out to comfort, you missed a special day. It was disappointing there was no spectacular sunrise to capture for the blog. Instead the grey cloud and light rain that made everything look grainy. ...

Thinking about the past month or so, there hasn’t been a day when it wasn’t a good day for a swim.  For the 105 B&B swimmers who rolled up this morning – it was more of the same.   There is the little chill in the air that does make removing the cozy, B&B hoodie...

You have to concede it has been another great week – perfect weather, delightful company and lots of events to celebrate.  Today, as 140 B&B’ers nestled in the sun under the Surf Club awning, a debate was underway – when is it appropriate to don the wetsuit?  With the 2013 Winter Badge kicking off on 1...

A little sliver of sun appeared through the clouds for just a moment – but it was long enough to highlight The Point. Despite the greyness of the sky, there was a decent turn-out of 139 for the Tuesday swim. Early preparations are being made as winter is coming.  Krystyna has developed a clever device...

On mornings such as this, a favourite stanza comes to mind: Let us roll all our strength, and all Our sweetness, up into one ball; And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life. Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.   In the...