I woke up with my old friend this morning – fear.  What if the water temperature has dropped again? What if those blueys are back? What if the surf is too big? And the truth behind all our fears? What if I can’t handle it? And of course fear has an insidious way of staying...

  Lucy’s Crook. Your regular Wednesday blogger, Lucy, couldn’t make it today.  So as they worked down the list of replacement bloggers they finally came to me. I admire Lucy’s blogs. She remembers everyone’s name and always includes pithy anecdotes to accompany each photo. Well, today you’ve got me. They say you get what you...

This is Kate (Ekaterina) who has been swimming with the Bolds for 3 weeks now. She first came down when a friend of hers asked for some running advice so she came to Manly and she saw the pink caps. She has always swum in pools, but has been scared of swimming in the ocean....

Look back as you leave the surf. The hollow that remains in the surface of the water is the amount to which the ocean harbours judgement upon you. This ability to so easily flow and forgive would never be mistaken for weakness. If anything it speaks volumes of a far reaching immense power, of endurance...

Just sometimes on a drizzly Sunday morning, when you are hurrying across wet roads in the grey, 9 degree dawn, you question why you have forsaken the comfort of your cosy bed. “I’m doing the blog today!” is the grumpy retort to myself. On the way to B&B Central you nod to other swimmers, check...

Heavy showers along the coast in the morning. Willy Weather concurred.  But they were both wrong. Plenty of blue early morning sky greeted the 6:30 swimmers. I just managed to catch this group before they headed off (the parking gods were only moderately kind to me this morning).   Who needs a plane when you...

Today for the first time an early swimmer, when asked, replied “cold and murky” rather than a very positive reply. OMG. I still went in. He was smiling. And this pair is smiling. Always I am glad I don’t wear a wet suit – an effort to put on What do you listen to All...

Another stunner in our corner of the world… water temp down a little bit to 17.4 degrees, but Spring has truly sprung! Espaniola is as fit as a fiddle at the moment heading into the Coooooolangatta Gold. Semi-professional swimmer Dave is off to Canboring today to attend some function with some people at some place…...

A bit dull and dreary at 6.30am this morning… Air temp had gone down, water temp down to 17.0 and water murky. Somebody described it as like swimming in a river! I was wondering how I was going to get inspiration for my blog when I entered the ladies toilets and came across… these cute...

John recorded the temp at 17.9 this morning, with Ali and Tim reporting that the water was cold and murky after their early plunge.     Seems the slightly darker mornings have encouraged some to stay in bed – a reduced drinks express this morning. Fairly flat conditions made for a pleasant journey across the...