One of the smallest groups of swimmers in ages today and what a beautiful morning! Admittedly the water temp was the lowest John Bond had ever recorded yesterday at 15.1 degrees and a few people got ‘Jimbled’… but those of you who stayed under the doona missed a stunning sunrise, clear, calm water,  stinger-less...

Today was the lovely Fiona’s birthday and conditions were just perfect for her, nice and clear, calm but rather chilly.  You have to be there pretty early to see Fiona leave on her swim – she is one of these nutters above who head out with their headlamps before sunrise so by the time the...

Yep it was cold, but refreshingly so. Once you got to the point it warmed up at least 1 degree. A light easterly breeze and next to no swell at all and zing in the water at 15.5 degrees. That was the summary, and the detail will see the swell rise through to Saturday to...

A peek of Sun behind a strip of cloud, a smattering of rain after a breath of wind. All on top of a gentle swell…                     Have a great week, Andrew Stats: Swimmers  107 Newbees  1 Water  16.4 degrees C   Monthly Dinner – 14th August 2018 – Guest...

Why do we come to the beach? For the sunrise       For the ambiance   For the friends For community (and cakes). This stall raised over $1700 to support drought stricken farmers. Wonderful work everyone. Roz, Syd and Fi basking in the warm inner glow   For the shenanigans   For the swim…....

  Today’s inspiration was this image, that popped up on a search I was doing for work. ( credit for picture quotes ‘bestbeachquotes_facebook’ )  The B&B, and our tribe the Manly Express is my escape from the richness and variety, of life’s ups and downs. I have decided it is an escape to rather than an...

Another Smoky day in Sydney. We poor asthmatics! Enough back burning for me. I have been watching Tony Robinsons’s Ancient English  Walks where he is going along the Ickneild way. By now there are surely grooves in various paths as swimmers (especially regulars) make their way from home using their usual path, parking in the...

It seems to me that all the kool kids have birthdays in August and the party continued on today, this time celebrating LesBubs – more on the festival of Lesley shortly. Lainey did some special baking to celebrate the occasion. Were we seeing double, it was Fi and Fi on the wall. The sunrises over...

  It was two of our regular swimmers birthdays today, Shelley and Shane. It was another of those gorgeous Winter mornings with a stunning sunrise, a chill to the ocean but certainly a day you’d regret not getting down to Manly. Here’s Shelley at Shelly singing Happy Birthday to herself 😉 and of course looking...

Wanna know how to keep your feet warm after the swim?….ask Chris   Beautiful morning for Yoga and lots of yogi’s today. Stunning sunrise at Manly It was hoodie weather after the swim. The WOW’s are showing us “how to do the Hoodie” in style.   Loving the colours today.   Well, what a great...