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...

7 July 2014 – Our first B&B Badge   Hi everyone I’m Lexie aged 8 (9 in September). So everyone thinks that an early morning start is totally harsh because they need more sleep.   I think it’s an early morning start but definitely worth it because the morning is best part of the day...

You are beautiful no matter what they say Words can’t bring you down, oh no You are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can’t bring you down, oh no So don’t you bring me down today Christina Aguilera     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAfyFTzZDMM     Binsey   Caroline & Keith haven’t been on the blog for two years   Emily...

Special announcment Monthly Dinner – Bluewater Cafe, this coming Tuesday 10th June at 6.30 pm (book your seat at the bottom) Miles & Miles   Today’s blog is mostly about a long term B&Ber Miles Tollan, aka ‘nice-arse’ who is planning to swim miles and miles (all 22) of the English Channel very soon. Fat Miles after putting on 15 kgs and...

Pre-dawn ferries   Over the water   Social interaction, both in and out of the water is perhaps the major attraction of Bold & Beautiful Manly. Today’s pictures offer ample proof….. Booty camp   Sophie Sterling et al   Group of 3   Mr & Mrs 500kms today Rob   Into the water with the...

Meet Sylvia (originally from Sth Aftrica) who drives almost every day from St Ives with her husband Reg. They swim at 6.20am so they can return to the beach with the Drinks express before heading off to work before 7.30am. Sylvia loves the blog and its characters but she told me, “I know the names but can you...