Jane demonstrating how to tuck hair and ears into your cap. She’s a little fuzzy coming to the swim straight from a night shift.           Warmer in than out   Lets go!   🙂 🙂 🙂     A rainbow greeted us on return to Manly   Aaaand the...

Tara said, “it’s a bit wet”.     Jac’s got it covered.   Murray et al.     Sue.     Undercover.     Hot shower.     Henrietta.   David.     Mary.     Di’s octopus.     Elvis.     7:55am.   Stats 130 swimmers, 1 newbie, H2O 19 degrees C.  ...

Oh man…. I spent 2 hours editing a video for the blog and  I forgot to save it and lost the lot!! So not fun vlog today 🙁 Just a few photos …. Was dark and cold but whenever you get the the beach it always delivers big on beauty!            ...

Our Indian Summer appears to have finally left us, with morning air temps around the 10 degree mark. The good thing is this morning’s water temp of 18.4 degrees felt very tolerable. And winter mornings are always lovely.   The usual suspects and some newbies gathering for the swim.   Ashleigh had the right idea...

Young people just don’t know what it’s like to ponder things. These days you just check google if you are wondering about something.  In my day, you would ponder and then perhaps ask the person next to you – what is the road of Tyrgikistan or which film was that actress in – and while...

This morning as we got close to Manly Surf Lifesaving Club for our daily swim we were left a little disappointed.  Our nice clear, crisp, flat area of paradise had been replaced by a bit of chop and a bit of a gloomy outlook for the day. Nevertheless the sunrise was spectacular. During winter there’s...

Some B&Bers are naturally connected. They don’t need an ‘everyone wear green today’ email! This is living proof.   Even the keep cups were green! Luckily the raisin toast wasn’t!   But the morning didn’t start out all green!     There were  lovely hues of yellows, pinks and orange too!     This is...

Early morning crew making their way back to Manly in time for sunrise     Enjoying the sunrise on our way to Shelly this morning.   Lots of little fishy friends to keep up entertained on the swim this morning! Spotted one dusky, but didn’t manage to get a picture today.   Enjoying a quick...

Hailed by critics. Thirteen tracks (plus a few more old standards …)     —– Skipper Hayes is back on dry land   —— The Solstice Swim 2019 Saturday 22nd June 6.15 am Only the one Solstice swim this winter (Badges have been printed) —- The concrete’s complete —– Long Weekend and there’s heaps of...

Who else watched this epic match? What a legend, nerves of steel, brilliant all-round game, no tantrums, a class act. Look out Wimbledon!   OK fangirl moment over. For now. This morning’s sunrise made getting up after 3 hours’ sleep worthwhile. One of the great things about winter swimming is you don’t have to get...