As silly as it might seem on this terribly cold winter’s day, there were 230 swimmers flinging themselves in to the 16.3 degree water this morning! A stunning pre-dawn sky over a weedy beach greeted us this morning. Now here is Sophia.  She is freezing because she wants to add the Cold & Bold plus the...

Some people literally bend over backwards to start their day in this little pocket of the world.   If you were not one of the 310 swimmers who experienced the crystal clear 19.4 degree water today, here is a little of what was happening. Swimmer detritus hanging out on the hooks.   The change over...

Sometimes the hardest part of writing the blog is the title.  Trying to find something catchy to draw the readers attention has the potential to cause normally clear thinking to descend into a nasty spiral of ever decreasing circles. So let’s just look at what we had today.  An amazing mid-autumn day with an expected high of 24...

Heading down the hill the weather report was recommending to get out and about today as it was going to be the very best day of the Easter break. Looking at the gathering under the tree, it appears there were at least 310 other people who were of a similar mind!  A huge turn out...

Have you noticed that it seemed a very long week?  Perhaps it was the full moon on Tuesday causing time to warp these past six days. Whatever the reason, it was with trepidation I approached our favourite corner – mostly because I had promised to do the 6km today, and then because I saw the...

Well here we are; a new year with newly made resolutions. January is a perfect time to hit the Reset button to start afresh. Some things don’t change – which is good! The familiarity of the point is the sight that heralds the morning swim, the company of good friends, and the comedy acts around...

The rumours had been floating around for a while.  Founder Jules, who had slipped into the second column on the Pacific Challenge, was coming back to crack the 1000km.  It did mean a couple of 9km days, but that would be a warm up for someone who has done the Rottnest swim both ways!!  ...

This blog has been clobbered together as scheduled blogger Lips is indisposed.  Photographic evidence was provided by team sleuth Lesley. Well Lips, this is what you missed today. . . The very best thing about today’s swim – well apart from catching up with all the fabulous B&B mob – was the complete absence of...

Think about this for a moment. It’s 3 degrees outside,   the water temperature has dropped to 17.1 degrees,   and still there are over 120 people turning up to swim.  Why? Apart from doing the blog, I am there because you are.  Is that your reason? Because we are doing this together?     Together we...

Today dear swimmers, you will have an additional minute of daylight.  Sunrise is still at 7am, but sunset has shifted to 4.56pm!! When the clock on the clubhouse wall flashed ‘time for swimming’, the sun was bang on time showing itself just above the horizon. The wintering without wetsuit continues.  Veena is determined to make...