Roger said, Everyone will be there….     It’ll be grand     We can be in the blog   Talk about Santa Sweep up the glass Sniff the wind Put our pretty caps on     Ride the tide Split the rip Pose for Simon Snack on Devon Watch the skies See Roberto’s next...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. That was the question we all pondered on arrival… 26 newbies, 420 olbies (doesn’t quite work does it!) and warm water 20.8 degrees. Seas have been rough this week and again this morning. Even a bit of surf at Shelly. The pictures tell the story today – lots of happy...

Hearing distant thunder early this morning, I made a quiet wager with myself that the 6k and 10k swim would be called off. Betting against yourself is the best bet there is because there are no losers, but more on that later. Despite the conditions, over 300 bold and beautiful people came to swim together...

What a morning! It was lovely to come down to some nice swell breaking off the point and a bunch of surfers and bodysurfers getting long peeling waves! Official temp was 19.7 degrees but I reckon there were patches of 17…   I arrived as the Mayor of the Bold and Beautiful, The Right Honourable...

So much headline drama this morning that we almost need two blogs and a Panadol. First it was the swell and whether we swim from the beach or ½ way. Ian as usual took command like a young Trump in training and suggested we swim from Shelly. Either that or build a great big wall...

If there were a few sore heads after last night’s Christmas party, they were either not in attendance this morning or else were very well hidden…  Around 300 swimmers managed to drag themselves out of bed for their dose of Vitamin Sea (or perhaps they partied through the night and bypassed bed altogether?).  It helped...

Sunrise today, just before the 6.30am swim. What a beautiful summer morning!   This is Peter, one of our “Newbie” swimmers today, he has been working up to this swim for months.   Finally, today he did it! Yep there & back. Well done Peter.   We have a lot of “Doggie Regulars” at B...

We tend to think of the beach as the place where the water ends and solid land begins. It’s a fair supposition but, even though sand is solid, our beaches are as fluid as the ocean. Harsh storm swells impact the beach and tear it down. Whilst gentle summer waves reorganise it to higher levels....

  Just over 2 weeks until Xmas so I really should think about braving the hordes and start some Xmas shopping.                                                This year I got to thinking, what can I give someone that will really make a difference to their life?   That is...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.   With 16 sleeps to go, I did a little survey today on what everyone’s favourite Christmas movie is.    The winner, by a long margin, was LOVE ACTUALLY.  Maybe we were swayed by the fact that some of the cast joined us for our swim this...