Merry Christmas from the Bold and Beautiful. 450 merry B&B’ers turned up today, to share their Christmas morning swimming side by side. Rather than waffle on, I’ll let the photos and the happy smiles do the talking.   Shaun -I promised the blog would be about you today….but I’m going to keep it to the...

This is a challenging week for many people. The silly season is a time of continuous consuming, rushing around and spending way too much! However, here are some of the simple things for which we can be very grateful. So here is my list for today. I am grateful for:- 1. Management. This generous group...

Such a gorgeous morning down it Manly. But as I approached the Bold and Beautiful swimmers standing by Ian and John next to the big tree I over heard that there were blue bottles in the water, so I decided to walk to Shelly with some Beautiful people. By the way it is Nat here,...

Can anyone guess what exercise has all these benefits?   It’s smiling!! More stats from my exercise class at Physiocise:       There’s never a shortage of smiles down at the Bold and Beautiful Swim-Henrietta and Anne welcomed a new swimmer-   how about these smiles..     I swam over the Eagle Ray...

It was a slightly overcast dull daybreak but there was absolutely nothing dull about all the swimmers this morning. There was so much colour, everyone was smiling and we had a number of families doing the swim together. School holidays are a wonderful time to change pace and enjoy family time. What better way to...

Clowning around with the “Doublers”. Great feet!     On my way back I ran into the group waiting for the double. They were all smiles, just bobbing around in the ocean. I love the original pose with the feet up. Thanks guys for the interesting pictures.   Good Morning Manly, I love this view...

Carrying this blog camera seems like it really slows me down on the swim.  Ok, the drag is minimal, but it’s noticeable. Maybe because less is more when you’re out here swimming. We over complicate life with things, with needs and hyper-rationalised concepts. All redundant layers of paraphernalia to keep us safely separated from a...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. Yes, it’s been a while. Bit chilly this morning after the heatwaves this week, but the water was warm (20.9) – big crowd (280) and 19 newbies – they just keep on comin’! There were a few jimble reports from the early swimmers, but Ian’s wonderful instructions to ‘hug the...

                                  —————— ——————-         Stats: Temp:  21º Newbies: 17  (!!!) Swimmers:  300

Bit of rain this morning… kept the crowds away… sorted the diehards from the ‘simply keen’… but it actually turned out to be a lovely swim!   Check out this rig! Not bad for a 64 year old. I always like to ask Drinky what the condition are like before jumping in at the 7am....