… If you were tasked with drinking the ocean dry, that’s how you’d do it. One sip at a time. If you tasked yourself with creating a safe, enjoyable BnB swim for the uncommon hour of 6:30am, you’d do what our mate Andrew Drinkwater does.  Turn up every morning with a she’ll-be-right-smile, gather your group...

Eight days into the New Year and another perfect morning in Manly for a B&B start to the day. My first blog of the year and I’ve been struck by writers block. I look over the previous week’s blogs and see the wonderful contributions from my fellow bloggers. Nat’s ongoing interviews with swimmers and homage to her family, Elizabeth even got it...

Happy Saturday What another beautiful day in Manly in this little corner of the globe. Water was calm, warm and filled with the best looking Swim Squad I know.     Shaun Denton aka “Stand in CEO” (self named of course)- Telling the Squad to meet at the point for a group pic (great way...

This blog was brought to you by me because of the kindness of swimmers. I took lovely swimmer photos including some new swimmers and one young swimmer training for the 2km Cole Classic but i lost my camera in the swim to Shelly Beach. I was concentrating on my elbows and was pleased with the...

Even though it was rainy conditions this morning, there was still a great turnout of swimmers for this mornings jaunt from Manly Beach to Shelly Beach and return. Yesterday there were 80 people leaving at 6.30 for their morning swim and this morning another large contingent turned up again. Above some of the 6.30 swimmers...

After the excesses of the Christmas and New Year period I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels sluggish and just a little exhausted. It always astounds me just what an impact a dive in at Manly and a swim across the bay has on my feelings of wellbeing. Particularly today, as the clarity...

A kinda rainy glaze met us this morning but knowing that meant warmer water put a skip in our step on the way to the beach. With a gentle .5 meter south easterly swell pushing quietly round the point and a forecast of smaller swell for the next few days and not a Jimble to be...

Since the end of sub-17 days, it was easy to sense 2017 sneaking up on us, just around the corner as we powered through Cabbage Tree Bay,     Even if some of our salmon did try to swim against the grain, and hold on to what had gone by,   It was no use!...

Guess who’s feminist shirt ………     5.49am     Dorset welcomed Drinks who swam with me and …   Nic and…   The pirate and Mrs Pirate and…   David and Suzie. 6.31 am Ali returned as Drinks joined 60+ in the express for a second lap including…   Jim, his son Frankie and Cathy and…...

It’s a humid, moody start to the last day of the year ! Simon and Anne are Management Delegates and the cry is ‘Where’s Shaun?’ we stand and natter as the ‘Dead mans crew’ muster. Drinkie arrives with a smile on his dial and we are still saying ‘Where’s Shaun?’ The morning walk to the...