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...

  Well thats what Clare said as I walked back from halfway with her, but of course this was followed by …”but I don’t regret it!” Nobody in the history of the B&B has actually ever regretted a swim I’m sure! (Well maybe after the odd serious sting but we haven’t had Bluebottles or Jimbles...

today we celebrated Bernhard’s birthday from a few days ago, plus Elizabeth in the 7am group and Mel in the earlier group: pre swim celebrations with elizabeth and bernhard-       post swim celebrations for mel ( second on left )   I met two of the four newbies, here is Zanthe with Shaun...

The lovely Edwina, thanks for the great water pics! It was beautiful and clear today.         My swim buddy Alistair, thanks for inspiring me to do doubles. Its a great workout!   What a team of athletes! Getting ready for the “Drinky Express”   Our Zen Yogi’s at 6.25, doing the high...