Thank you Bold & Beautiful swimmers! Today I reached 1000 kms on The Pacific Challenge… According to the stats, since 21st June 2011… I’ve swam 621 times to Shelly and back, 9 Bolderdashes, 3 six km swims and 1 ten km swim. I couldn’t have done it without all you amazing people, the fish and...

Swimming Manly to Shelly and back can be seen as a meditation because it comprises those three steps: breath control, withdrawal of the senses and concentration. If you add to those elements an attitude of cultivating awareness, your swimming can become a practice in moving meditation You can start with Yoga before your swim !...

In a recent B&B recruitment campaign LSA, HKTQ (Little Sarah Abbott, Hong Kong Triad Queen) said, “Even people from Mosman and Balmoral are welcome at the B&B.” Fortunatley for us Keiren (Dep Pres) and Rob (Pres) of the Balmoral Beach Club heard Sarah’s call and graciously accepted her invitation today. http://www.balmoralbeachclub.com/ We know no money changed hands. Keiren with Rob...

Whilst fake B&B calendars float around B&B changing rooms (the trees and the tables) (see http://pacificjules.typepad.com/pacific-jules/2014/11/2111-1.html ) and Lips continues to spout and pout (just as he did on that fateful date with the bluebottle)about that Snorkles on the cover (of the official B&B calendar that is) and such like, I thought I’d share a...

Hi everyone Zig-Zagging Zedder Zab here reporting again from Team Omega at the back of the pack ie the Zed team with some thoughts on our twice daily call to action “Lets Go” and some reflections on what classics our daily jaunts and the whole B&B phenomenon are. “Lets go”  I have now heard those words twice a...

There was definitely something in the air this morning … and more of it in the water… read on… It’s going to be 67.3c today as forecast by the BOM.. so what’s the first thing you should do? Get down and join all the other crazy people (us)…   This is the 6:30 group.. there...

Beautiful morning… water 20.8 degrees, over 80 swimmers and 14 went all the way to Queenscliff and back, including the physically impressive Ted and Pete.   Lovely to come down to a shining Pacific Ocean.   Sterling shocked us all by swimming early and going to work… work I tell you…   JP decided to...

How good is the start of MY day !   With Booty Campers all in a row….. Gayle & Ian swam with this lovely lady Sarah Abbott (Shes a bit shy ! unless she camera pointed at her) on Monday going from Manly to Queenscliff then back to Manly to meet the 7 o’clockers then swim to Shelly then...

This surprisingly glorious Tuesday morning saw at least 116 B&B swimmers roll up at B&B Central.  Mind you, there are multiple swims available at this time of year – Boulderdash, Drinks Express, 7am regulars – we are not all gathered in the one spot at the same time! Some like to keep sleeping right up...

Congratulations, your week just became a whole lot safer. Studies have shown that sudden heart attacks are more likely to occur on a Monday morning than any other time. Why is this so? Well, other research showing that suicide rates are also higher on a Monday, gives us a hint… Monday morning is a threshold...