After a week of beach being closed , rough surf at times and lots of blue bottle stings, finally conditions were returning to normal. As I write this blog at Manly Wine in the afternoon, conditions are even better hopefully for tomorrow. Calm, uncrowded beach and not a wave in sight. Today we had some...

I arrived today to get some heat out of me by swimming in the sea. It was a powerful surf and only for the brave. There were many stung by the blue bottles brought in by the North Easterly wind. I enjoyed have a dip in the sea but only went in at Shelly. I...

So I had a winge to Carol & Edwina last week about the blog. ‘No one reads it’ I said ‘My best effort was 7 likes.’ Edwina cheered me up by saying ‘There are people reading from all over the world.’ And Carol agreed and recommended ‘Why not ask people in your next blog where...

Driving down Sydney Road this morning,  the invigorating smell of salt air permeated the car. I breathed in deeply, wondering whether there was a special smell in the air that signals blue bottles in water, similar to smells of different fruit in wine! I sniffed extra hard, and after detecting a slight hint of licorice,...

Congratulations and celebrations for Steve and Greg, who shared a cake to celebrate 3 years at Bold & Beautiful. They say its changed their life. (Its done that for all of us) Farewell for now, to Suzy, who we know and love. Heading back to Merimbula to live, such a kind and friendly member of...

Top of the blog water temp: 21.7 degrees swimmers: 250+ newbies: 15+ Next 10km swim -> 9 February. Clearer warmer water so I saw lots of sea life, one bluey, heaps of blackfish and yellowtail plus a Fidler ray at the point.     My swim via Apple Watch tracker.     Most of the...

I love summer.  I really do.  Some people hanker after log fires, cosy sweaters and crisp air.  Not me.  Give me long days, warmth and that heavy Sydney humidity.  With the southerly blowing, today wasn’t a classic Sydney summer’s day, but the weather delivered what matters most to us B&Bers: calm seas, good visibility and...

As the warm weather continues and the murky waters and cold temps appear to have departed, a B&B swimmer’s thoughts naturally turn to the longer summer swims – the triple, the 6km and the 10km and the glory these swims confer on one.   Coming up to the weekend the hive mind had been abuzz...

Pause while I think of George Clooney. All sorts of plans were being hatched today – to have a swim. The swim remake of Oceans 11. Making a plan and stealing something valuable. In this case a fabulous swim And what a day it was!!!! A swim today and then the whole time everyone was...

The weather may have been a little sub optimal this morning, but the same cannot be said of the conditions, they were near perfect.  A few little fun waves on walking in to the water, a wade almost all the way to the point and the most clear, perfect conditions.  We even got to see...