“Is it raining? I hadn’t noticed!” Andie McDowell, Four Weddings and a Funeral. Correction! Jo Gregory, Bold and the Beautiful. Jo elegantly and unphasedly (is that a word? If not, it is now!)  entered the water at Shelly in gale force winds and rain, making it look as enjoyable and as easy as having a...

Air:  11º Wind:  Nil Rain: Constant drizzle Water:  17.0º Conditions: Flat (Great!) Waves: Nil Vis: 45% Swam: Not many Parking: Heaps Lainey’s Pix Support 2019 Winter Badge Ceremony – Sunday 22nd September   You’ve done the hard yards and earned your Winter Badge(s), now come and collect your badges with all the pomp and ceremony the B&B...

Whether it’s depression, anxiety, addictive behaviour, any number of terminal lifestyle diseases, or simply comparing where you are right now with where you want to be in life. There are two factors that seem to continually pop up as solutions, both in the medical literature and in the myriad of individual experience. Meaning and Connection....

If there is a photo to capture today’s swim, this is it. So full of exuberance.   Cath and Leonie are loving the glorious Spring weather.   The beach looked perfectly groomed this morning.   The water is just slightly warmer. Not quite enough for the wetsuits to be shed just yet. Lots of people...

280 swimmers and 9 newbies despite the still cool water temps   (I must say I’m rather partial to the colours of this year’s winter badge. Don’t forget The Ceremony on 22 September, let’s all get in sync for it) It’s a newish feeling to leave home in full daylight but in a few weeks...

Friday the 13th, Black Friday? No but there were some dark moody clouds which I love as it sets off the pink caps so well. It was 17.2 today in the water and not too bad out. Today was the birthday of Sarah and Nathan   The triathletes had cake for Nathan’s birthday – thanks...

The inspiration for this morning’s blog is from Anne Edwards who suggested I blog on sand. When I asked why she said ‘You wouldn’t have  a beach without sand. And then I thought well, I wake up after a night with  the sandman. Then I don’t like to have my head stuck in the sand...

Well there was only one gorgeous Green Turtle this morning but as usual lots of legends! Inspiring people like Pierre Lord who has just come back from swimming from Ireland to Scotland and Emily Kempson, Australia’s Ultraman Female champion who talked to us last night about her incredible achievement at the Bluewater dinner. Amongst these...

The bumpy horizon indicating the swell has picked up a bit, but relatively flat in our corner of the world this morning. The few rays poking through the clouds.   Visibility holding up.   This little Port Jackson started circling me as I was standing at Shelly.   Found something tastier than my ankles 🙂...

Water 16º Swam 140 Newbies 2 July’s Swimmer of the Month is Roger Ingram (Below left).  He says: “B and B is very important to me, as I use it to keep fit and sane at the same time.  The swim is the reference point each day to remind you that the simple things in...