The group seemed smaller and slower than yesterday, maybe everyone was sleeping in after AFL final day or forgetting about the clocks moving forward one hour? Eventually people arrived and gathered around their trees and spots for a chat pre swim.  I caught up with two lovely medicos who swim with us: Dr John and...

Everyone was happy to be down swimming at Manly today, there were kids, dogs, athletes training early and the regular show ups having a good time! Shaun was excited that Rainer wasn’t around but maybe that’s cos Rainer is a faster swimmer? At the moment? Or maybe that’s another joke! One can never tell…. I...

I celebrated a birthday this week along with lots of other BnB swimmers. Getting older is sometimes connected with people feeling nostalgic about the ‘old days’ but I am not. I was thinking about the leaded petrol pollution, people littering before the Don’t Litter campaign and the fact that we used to burn our rubbish...

  Well thats what Clare said as I walked back from halfway with her, but of course this was followed by …”but I don’t regret it!” Nobody in the history of the B&B has actually ever regretted a swim I’m sure! (Well maybe after the odd serious sting but we haven’t had Bluebottles or Jimbles...

today we celebrated Bernhard’s birthday from a few days ago, plus Elizabeth in the 7am group and Mel in the earlier group: pre swim celebrations with elizabeth and bernhard-       post swim celebrations for mel ( second on left )   I met two of the four newbies, here is Zanthe with Shaun...

The lovely Edwina, thanks for the great water pics! It was beautiful and clear today.         My swim buddy Alistair, thanks for inspiring me to do doubles. Its a great workout!   What a team of athletes! Getting ready for the “Drinky Express”   Our Zen Yogi’s at 6.25, doing the high...

    ———- QUESTION:  How often should you change your BluTac?   ————— HE’S BACK:  One’s Irish and one met his first wife in Ireland   ————- ADVICE:  Guy says: “Always keep your weekend cash well clear of the Webber.”   ———- NEWBIE:  Kate, from Wales   —– A-TREE UPDATE:  One of them dropped this...

Today, besides blogging, I’ve racked up my 500ks. Bold Builder tip: You can edit Bold Builder settings in Settings > Bold Builder. For too long I’ve looked on with tunnel envy. Today it was my turn to don the royal robes and walk the walk that has been denied to me for so long.  ...

Swimming is a way of feeling new and revitalised. No newbies today but if there were, they would find out what it is like to start your day with a swim. I have been spending a bit of time – like usual – investigating ways of improving my health and have seen a lot of...

Have you ever had that sense when time disappears, you feel great for no good reason and get so involved in an activity that you lose all sense of yourself? Like you could do anything in that state? It’s called Flow and it happens when you are so immersed in an activity that is just...