Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. So much news today. Bit choppy, but a good swim this morning. 21.4 degrees. 180 swimmers and 3 newbies. ****NOT TO BE MISSED OPPORTUNITY**** The Sunday blogging team (I.Westies, Rainer and Sharon) has a vacancy for would-be-bloggers to join us on our very exclusive roster. If you’ve always wanted to be...

Yesterday we lost a music legend, Prince. He lived his life in such a manner that he was true to himself and shared his musicality with the world. I  have seen an outpouring of love on social media and the news from people who have come into contact with him throughout his amazing life. Each...

This morning, all the super heroes, super for a range of reasons, dropped their capes and enjoyed their natural activity, ocean swimming. Here are Lilleen (All the way from South Africa – Margot, that is even further than the Blue Mountains!) Deanna and Julia. Lilleen has travelled so far to swim with her son –...

So it appears that while the cat’s away the mice will play, even at Bold and Beautiful Swim Squad.  Sean, Ian and John we will all keenly be waiting to see how you can outdo Rainer and Jill with there perfectly executed “Let’s Go” at Shelly Beach this morning.   Even on the newbe stakes...

  Dave now has an Aussie passport he was telling me before the swim.   Not sure what JK said to Jill so I’ll just leave that one alone.   Matt the “Super Sailor” who is Managing Director at Sydney By Sail and Performance Cruising Yachts Always has a smile.   The Style Queen, Sophie &...

Ian Anna Gayle and Ian enjoying the Oasis of 1/2 way beach today.   I   Lovely quite moment after the 7am swimmers had all left for the point.         22.2 Degrees, smooth water with a little swell on the way out today.   Lots of schools of fish around the point....

The streetlights lights were still shining but there was heaps of activity in our paradise before 6am.   except at the office   The Frenchman and the Pirate invited me to swim with them to Queensie but I was busy taking photos so by the time I got to the point at 6.05 they were no where...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. Shakespeare was born and died in April a long time ago. There’s our theme. To be, or not to B&B – that is the question:  Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune  Or to take arms against a sea of troubles… Here’s...

Sometimes the hardest part of writing the blog is the title.  Trying to find something catchy to draw the readers attention has the potential to cause normally clear thinking to descend into a nasty spiral of ever decreasing circles. So let’s just look at what we had today.  An amazing mid-autumn day with an expected high of 24...

I think I am meant to be blogging today… apologies if two blogs all of a sudden turn up! Well, it has been a while since I wrote a blog so I reckon we just focus on one group of the swim… the A-team! Our very shy group can be identified through their very own...