BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. An overcast sky this morning.  As I walked down Ashburner Street I could hear the ocean, which is normally...

Conditions looked perfect today as I arrived early to swim a Boulderdash, my first for the year. Summer badges start in about 7 weeks so I thought I’d better start training up, and Kevin was keen to join me so hopefully it happens each weekend now.   The 6.30 crew ready to roll down the...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY There was wind and waves today. Each person following their own routine. But with a hit of nostalgia I...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. The water is warming up, the sea life is abundant and summer is on its way.  How wonderful it...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. Photo credit: Anne Henshaw. Stunning photos Anne! Thank you for sharing!! Today the sea-life was in abundance and we...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. Despite today feeling like I was swimming through a sea of dessert jelly it was a wonderful swim! From...

Memento Mori; ‘Remember you will die’… Sobering but helpful. Bringing to our attention the understanding that, from a universal perspective, death is our default state. Life is an instant of opportunity in an endless eternity.  A parenthesis of potential, bound by death. Daily comfort, indulgence, and manufactured distractions make this easy to forget but through...

BB is not swimming as a group Today I stopped counting at one million swimmers. The surface of the sea was covered by swimmers in beautiful caps, all searching for either the two healthy turtles that were released yesterday or the sick turtle that is to be collected today. Like the fingertip or grid search...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. Today was beautiful in the water and out of the water. We saw whales out at sea spouting and...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. As you know, all swimmers are good looking or better looking than non swimmers. On days like today that...