If you decided to skip this morning’s swim then then you missed out on an a great one.  The waves were just the way I like them – relatively flat and while the water temperature was down a bit, it was great company and a spectacular way to start the morning. Today is Manly Mermaid...

  I met the lovely Annie Larkin on her first day swimming with ‘The Bolds’, as she likes to call us, around 4 years ago. She’d come along on her own and was going through some tough times. As we were walking through the shallows after the swim I saw her give out a ‘Yay’...

This was the sunrise at Perisher on the weekend…   The Sunrise today at Manly. So beautiful, so colourful. We are lucky to be able to move easily between the Mountains and the Sea.   Our Yogi’s today enjoying their practice.   Claire, Felicity and Anna from Royal Far West. (This was Claire & Felicity’s...

              ————– Third and final Solstice: 6.20 a.m. Sunday.  Be there or be a square   ——— Global distance swimmer explains Channel tides and routing             —— Nick Howard’s band appearing Boatshed on Corso, 9 pm Saturday 9th Sep.  I’ll be drunk and heckling...

What a Sunday! A total of 290 happy swimmers made it down to Manly this morning, despite an aggressive multi-million-dollar marketing campaign by Fairfax Media to poach swimmers for the City2Surf run.   If you don’t have much time – here’s an Executive Summary: Perfect winter conditions this morning Whales in the bay yesterday Julie...

Eva Ruzickova is a wonderful member of the B&B swim squad. Sadly Eva is travelling back to the Czech Republic on Tuesday so this will be her last weekend swimming with B&B for a little while.  We’re all trying very hard to convince Eva to return soon. Krásná Eva (beautiful) Manly put on a stunning morning...

What a morning – another opportunity to be thankful for the good things in our lives…   The Spaniard is thankful that Alice recently said yes to marrying him!   I was preaching last Sunday on the benefits of cultivating thankfulness and came across this from a Harvard Medical School report… “With gratitude, people acknowledge...

So why does swimming in 17 degree water in winter make you feel great? Well there’s lots of ways to answer that question, one way is to think about strengths. What are your strengths? Not necessarily just things you do well – because some things you may do well you may not enjoy. Yes you...

This morning I chatted to Stu and his beautiful 6 month old daughter Evie. He was admiring the perfection of the Bay and how calm, colourful and inviting the conditions looked. I was admiring his adorable bundle of joy and cuteness. We started talking about how wonderful the swim is, and what a perfect mix...

This morning as the sun swung round the dark side and piqued the horizon into action, we looked out to a sea of glass. Always a good omen on a wintery morning.   With waves in the negligible zone and an inconsistent south swell pushing the ripples at somewhere between a 7 and 9 second...