Impressive turnout this morning. Management counted 335 swimmers for the 7am group. The day started off in the usual fashion… Ian taking photos of newbies:   Shaun selling overpriced counterfeit swim caps:   Lesbubs and Lucy working the camera – giving their loyal Instagram fan base what they want: It didn’t take long for the usual...

It was another beautiful morning in Manly, the water temp was 18.60C with very little swell, close to perfect conditions. I’ve chosen today’s theme, Keep It Simple, because I’ve noticed that when this approach is adopted things just flow nice and easy. This approach is consistent with the quote from Shakespeare included in Peter Anthony’s...

Greeted by the sight of swimmers looking at the horizon, I wondered what the story was. It was 4 maybe 5 whales! so beautiful. so exciting.  What a special treat for Fiona and Chris – each of whom was having a birthday today. Happy birthday to you both. Imagine that whales and later dolphins appeared for...

This morning was more like a philosophical petri dish than a swim group. As we rolled with the resistance of staying in bed, and committed to the resistance of swimming we remembered that swimming is only possible with the resistance of the water. This morning’s swim reminded me of Hamlet’s remarks to Rosencrantz & Guildenstern…...

It started out just like many other beautiful mornings in our Bay. The golden sun rose from the horizon, lighting up a mostly clear sky. The air temperature was a comfortable 16 degrees with an almost unnoticeable gentle 4 knot WNW breeze. It was high tide and the gentle .5m SE swell  offered a rollercoaster...

With a high tide and about a metre of south swell, we hit the water early this morning with the 6:40 group due to some early appointments. The water was a bit murky with a green hue mostly due to no sunlight and the early hour I expect, however the temperature seemed like a very...

here it is too good to miss i was out to lunch.  

The group seemed smaller and slower than yesterday, maybe everyone was sleeping in after AFL final day or forgetting about the clocks moving forward one hour? Eventually people arrived and gathered around their trees and spots for a chat pre swim.  I caught up with two lovely medicos who swim with us: Dr John and...

Everyone was happy to be down swimming at Manly today, there were kids, dogs, athletes training early and the regular show ups having a good time! Shaun was excited that Rainer wasn’t around but maybe that’s cos Rainer is a faster swimmer? At the moment? Or maybe that’s another joke! One can never tell…. I...

I celebrated a birthday this week along with lots of other BnB swimmers. Getting older is sometimes connected with people feeling nostalgic about the ‘old days’ but I am not. I was thinking about the leaded petrol pollution, people littering before the Don’t Litter campaign and the fact that we used to burn our rubbish...