Let me sail, let me sail, let the orinoco flow, Let me reach, let me beach On the shores of Man-il-y. My blue sail, my blue sail, Let me crash upon your shore, Let me reach, let me beach Far beyond the Manly Sea. – Enya Matthew Smith’s early morning photo of a bioluminescent bluebottle...

Sorry for the late blog… you see we have moved to the Western Suburbs (Wollstonecraft) for a few months while our new place is renovated. So new found respect for all those of you who drive every morning to do our little swim. Despite Military Rd, this is still worth it!   If you havent...

 And I think they may be right !     The Drinks express x 10 were the only crazy one to go from the beach !   There was never any discussion it was only ever going to be a half way swim. The surf was pretty gnarly..   The will I or won’t I crew  ...

The easy option is  to say its to cold or to wet, but they are only excuses… My wife said to me after todays swim “Gee I’m glad you got me out of bed” and thats it isn’t it ! A previous blogger once said ………….”You never regret a swim” So Rise & Shine sweetheart…….....

First impressions, nothing unusual , nice sunrise, lowish tide. Booty camp, all hard at it, Natalie was being encouraged by Storchy.   Sterling said, “ït’s 6.30”. Even the the Bishop was early. Only 6 for the Drinks express, Drinky was nowhere to be seen. Sophie , sans wetsuit, said, “get it off”. At the sight of bluebottles on...

Another stunning morning and huge turnout with over 150 swimmers here at Manly Beach. Lips and Lesbubbles reporting for blog duty.   After a wild night of music, wine, and debauchery, most swimmers still made it back to the beach in time for the 7am main event.   Now, there has been a lot of...

ZZZZ – thats not me snoozing and missing todays glorious dawn, thats me introducing myself. The other day the Bishop raised the idea of me covering his blog a couple of times. Now I like the A team and love hearing about their exploits at the front of the field but I couldn’t write much...

Welcome to Friday, People! Nick D back here again with another 14 days of pics and stuff and more for you…. First thing …. Today…. If you slept in, this is what you missed…   The usual Friday morning traffic …   The cleanup truck was out again… Our 8,001st Swimmer this morning! Geoff… welcome...

So a fair bit of chatter already emerging about the Spring Triple Crown. With conditions like this it’s time to get serious about racing! 18.9 degrees today and 71 logged in so far!   So after a 5 week unbeaten streak… who dethroned the Bishop this morning?   And the ever gracious 2nd place getter…...

Live Your Dream & Share Your Passion I am a pretty straight forward kinda guy and am working towards learning to appreciate the opportunity to learn and live every day. And I absolutely appreciate the opportunity to run, swim and learn with good friends, as part of the Bold & Beautiful, for what is fast...