Yes ..for the first time in BNB blogging history – the blogger doesn’t turn up for duties!! – well at least the ‘fill in’ blogger …not sure who it was supposed to be? (although it might have been me??) Anyway all good – I had my camera –  so a quick blog today….    ...

But I say: She’s gone! The shackles are off! Bloggers go mental!!! *EVIL LAUGH* So Im not sure whether I will use this blog for good or for evil to be honest….oh no wait I already did the evil laugh. Evil it is! Im kidding of course. I had a great weekend (I know you...

Goooooooooooooooood morning Manly Welcome again to sunday worship. The Carnival is in town, lots of people, nowhere to park, long coffee shop queues and lots of 6 Packs walking around. would you want to be anywhere else though? As I did last week, I’ll begin with another water based quote. “You don’t drown by falling...

The tributes for Michael and Jules are still rolling in from far and wide, with some beautiful comments posted overnight from all corners of the world, some amazing video and pics, and today’s story in the Manly Daily, setting quite the scene for a triumphant return one day soon! We’ve got a little something to...

Oh darling.   Words are not enough. But these photos speak a thousand, as does the fact that 340 Bold & Beautiful swimmers came to farewell Julie and Michael and to wish Julie a happy birthday too. 13 people did the early Boulderdash to Queenscliff, and we had 28 (!) first time swimmers. Today’s blog...

151 Bold and Beautiful swimmers enjoyed a beautiful swim once again. 3849 swimmers missed out as conditions were magnificent! It was a bitter-sweet swim,  as tomorrow Jules and Michael leave us to head off to Perth. Look at what we had to swim across today! It’s a hard life! They are going to miss this...

Top tip to other bloggers: don’t do the blog on someone else’s computer – I feel as stressed out as E-Laine! 😀 Anyway so basically nothing is in order, the photos are not ‘enhanced’ or have any of my usual additions! 😀 However it doesn’t matter because the swim is the reason we were there...

162 Fantastic and Fresh from Holidays B&B swimmers went back to work this week.. celebrating all the way with a beautiful flat water swim in Lake Manly. For all of you who couldn’t make it down this morning, let’s just set the scene… All smiles this morning … some of the regulars returning..    ...

We had a cracking evening yesterday at Jonny & Di’s beautiful home in Clontarf to say goodbye to Jules & Michael. There was food, drink, singing and a special video too. Thank you to our amazing hosts, Im looking forward to popping over regularly for a sunset view and a glass of vino…. 😉 Jules...

I’ll start with a quote because i know you’re a cultured lot. “sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” ― henry wadsworth longfellow A cautionary  word of warning. Dont drink beer, tequila, margaritas, red wine and then more beer the night before your due to swim and blog. NOT...