Todays blog is dedicated to Sam , father of 4, lawyer, banker and ocean swimmer   Tod Ali and Miles off to Shelly at 6am   8 + 1 swam the first offical Bolderdash (3km return to Queenscliff) of the season at 6am   6.12am   Reg & Sylvia doing a Shelly at 6.13am   Sunbeams over...

First impressions, nothing unusual , nice sunrise, lowish tide. Booty camp, all hard at it, Natalie was being encouraged by Storchy.   Sterling said, “ït’s 6.30”. Even the the Bishop was early. Only 6 for the Drinks express, Drinky was nowhere to be seen. Sophie , sans wetsuit, said, “get it off”. At the sight of bluebottles on...

Funny sky one hour after sunrise (6.32am)   Sheena  said, “put your elbow on your knee Greg”, as part of her yoga mantra, you too can imbibe the karma with the new B&B yoga on Tues, Thurs & Sat. Charlotte said, “zip me up please” while Ian said “‘why don’t any of these women ask me to...

For today’s blog you really need to have young kids in your life who love “Tangled” – Disney’s latest version of  Rapunzel.   Note – in keeping with the Rapunzel theme there will be no ‘wet hair’ shots today.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0HFaG-5DSE   When will my life begin? 7 AM, the usual morning lineup Fifi waving in this...

  Todays word – “Indefatigable”: Definition: incapable of being fatigued, having or showing a capacity for persistent effort; not tiring or relenting. If you are a B&B swimmer this applies to you, especially if you swam today as we had: medium high tide, a nice ride on the rip out to the point (provided you...

Where’s Billy? Was he at Curly with Fifi to catch the sunrise? Was he watching the moon from Sterling’s car?   Was he camping out? Was he looking at today’s Port Jackson? Was he in the water ahead of some of Drinky’s faithful crew?   Was he shivering at the start? Did he borrow Dave’s cap? Was he...

A Verily Pirate Adventure – Chapter 2   Arrrrr……. What drives ye Pirates I hear ye ask? Why? I hear ye say….. These secrets be kept by ye swimmers. All ye Pirate can tell ye is that it comes from within. For some it be starting as a bet. For some it be starting as...

Some of you may remember that my channel journey’s been going for a while. It’s the B&B who really made the start of the journey possible for me, having started training in 2011 when swimming a Manly-Shelley return was a big deal! Bolderdash followed, and soon the 6km and 10km badges were established and I...

Large man in pink swims to France.    All it took for me to commit to swimming the English Channel was a drunken BBQ on my back deck and three of my Bold and Beautiful mates to have signed up first. Ben Hutt was always on for a swim in 2014, he had unfinished business...

21 July 2014 – Happy Monday my Beautiful Bolds! Stat – 81+ swimmers, 0 newbies, 16.7 degs C I’ve been asked to write a few words about my attempt this month to swim the English Channel. I did it, and it took me 15 hours 20 mins which was maybe 3 hours longer than I...