150 lucky swimmers started off the day in the best possible way this morning… Now the clocks have gone back and we have light in the mornings Manly  really is the best place to be…Above the water and in it! Manly we love you! Here we are all ticking off and meeting up. Lips the...

Really? Another beautiful start to the day and a fab swim? Just take a look! This is no April fool…. Water still warm and calm….. Again I managed to avoid The Infamous Blog Tart, Lips… He doesn’t stand a chance when I’m blogging! hahahaha Ok so last week, Blogger Elaine posted a picture of a...

As the number of people who have swim under the Pink Cap nudges 5000 – what does it mean to be part of this particular (and at times peculiar) swim squad? Mingling with the 147 swimmers this morning, the opportunity to share a unique experience with someone special was a frequent theme.   Daring friends...

**Update – The pictures from this morning’s swim can be seen at the below link. You dont even need an Facebook account to view** https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151593410108708.1073741826.598963707&type=1&l=5fe691dcc2   A record breaking 143 swimmers for a “Non-Holiday”, “Non Summer”, standard Monday morning swim! Unfortunately our Blogging system Typepad is not allowing me to upload any photos from this...

Ole Father Time plays tricks with those Bold & Beautiful members that don’t own automatically updating devices telling them its time to get up and have fun! With the sun rising at 6:12 AM this morning, there’s no longer an excuse to stay in bed as by 7AM its LIGHT and BRIGHT! 211 people worked...

The Glorious Workers of the Bold and Beautiful Peoples Swimming Party would like to extend an invitation to Kim Jong Un and the people of North Korea. Take time out from your nuclear war and come down to Manly for the swim of a lifetime (however short that may be.) It might look a little...

This week is the last one in morning darkness for a while. It can be a challenge to tip that sorry old bod out of bed and try not to make too much noise because you don’t want to wake up the birds. But it’s been said before (and yes I’ll say it again); you...

Only 32 ‘hardcore’ swimmers swam today in English beer kinda water, flat and warm…It hasn’t rained at 7am on a Thursday morning since I started my Thursday blog spot 4 months ago. Infact I’ve been boasting about the amazing weather on Thursdays for weeks. Today it was dark, rainy and miserable at 7am…But it brightened...

59 stalwarts of the Bold & Beautiful community decided that rain was not a good enough reason to stay in bed. Now from our initial viewpoint it didnt look promising to the Australians. However to an Irishman, I have to be honest that I was a little teary-eyed as it reminded me of Irish summers...

There are lots of great things about swimming before sunrise.   The one I particularly like is the abundance of car spots on the beach front. Yeah!! Then there is the welcoming committee, and the opportunity to catch up with everyone. Looks like Greg has been practicing his photo bombing moves. While to the uninitiated...