Last Saturday night was more festive than most at this time of the year 🎄It was so wonderful to get the B&B crew together to celebrate Christmas in July in partnership with Buffalo Pond – Lombok’s first swimming school. It was an honour to spend the night with you all and share the news and...

DX @6:38 6:39 am sunrise Masters Legends Martin 3016kms with the B&B. Justus Our Jo swam @6 Picture for Tilly. Enjoy the week, stay safe – Swim with a friend. Simon Last night we took Max & Matilda to see Columbia beat Germany 2-1.

It was hard to get out of a warm bed today but I was glad I did. While it is the best time of year to swim because of the lovely clear conditions, it takes a long time to let the elbows get wet. It is a key strategy to getting in.   There were...

G’day and Siyabona Today was described as a 10/10 swim by someone, beautiful crisp clear and sunny. The scene and the temperature (thank you to our arty wizard Guy) and the welcome ‘desk’ thanks Simone The really early crew at crazy o clock, Hugh, Dave aka Capless, Greg ( he drones on a bit), and...

Lainey had to work today so I’m unexpectedly blogging. She gets all the photo credits, which includes one I’m in and I don’t usually put myself in!! I’m just doing the text. Another lovely morning and warmer sea temperatures than last week. It was 16.9c though I can’t say I feel a big difference. As...

Congratulations Michele “swimming 3000kms with the B&B “ 6am I swam at 6:09 am with this crew. Warmer water Hot coffee Happy birthday Girls The slight drizzle gave us a rainbow over my place. Have a safe & enjoyable week.   Special B&B Event:  

YES! this is the first week in winter 2023 when you could have completed 20 swims in 7 weeks to earn your badge. So exciting. It needs to be a public holiday. I hope you are on taregt to get your winter swim badge. There were about 10-ish swimmers at 6 am. It was quite...

Wednesday 12th July – another perfect winters day with the chill of the air slowly warming as the golden sunlight rises out of the ocean.    AND its week 7 for the Winter Swim badges  – will more neoprene make an appearance, I wonder? I came across this poem (by “anonymous”) which I feel describes...

How amazing have the conditions been this winter! I’m not sure if it’s just because the last 2 winters weren’t up to par or we’ve been exceptionally lucky. The tough part has only been the temperature, which at 15.7c today was painful to get in and stopped me going all the way in to arctic...