I forgot to set my alarm so didn’t arrive until 6.27am just in time to hear Drinky making a  speech to his very large (50+) Drinks Express A-Team. The essence of his speech was on the white board. “N.B. This  SATURDAY & MONDAY the swim  STARTS from SHELLY  + this Saturday’s 6KM swim is CANCELLED.” STATS: 180+ swimmers, 14...

 All the bluebottles that were around yesterday had disappeared this morning and it was a virtually stinger free, bumpy but beautiful swim! The sky was BLUE, the sun was shining, the air and water warm and the company, as always… amazing! 6.40am Cabbage Tree Bay. Best.Spot.On. Earth. It was fantastic to see Jane appear, pushing...

Spectacular Morning !   The blue bottles are this big! So everyone took John’s advice and swam north to the pipe.   Air 21°c Sea 23 °c   High 5:33AM 1.41m Low 12:17PM 0.54m High 6:13PM 1.15m First Light 5:33AM Sunrise 6:01AM Sunset 8:08PM Last Light 8:37PM B&B Swim School Join Pacific Jules coach Sarah Anne...

What a swim! Bishop here filling in for Simon. It was warm, calm and clear! You got to get down to the swim midweek – just stunning! Here are the troops filing in…   The A-team making a rare appearance in the Monday blog. What a wonderful bunch of athletes…   This was either Sophie...

BnB blogging is so competitive these days …. Gone are the days of just a few photos and a sentence or 2 ..NOW there has to be a theme, a bloggers ‘personal stamp’ all over the page, jostling for good photos with non-bloggers and bloggers-not-on-duty… and then of course it’s ALL about the SIZE!  The bigger the...

Space Oddity ‘Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles I’m feeling very still …’ •  With Neil Beachley’s footprints.  You can set your watch to Neil’s steady jog.  He passes by the yoga steps at 5.52 a.m, 365 days per year … ———————— Young Americans   ‘They pulled in just behind the bridge He lays...

It is hard to break bad habits but easier to start and keep a good habit. Swimming with the BB is my best good habit. It did not matter that there were lashings of wind and rain last night, I still got up to have my swim. And it was lovely. The boot camp training was...

The best time to be out and about in Manly is in the morning… especially on a hot day like today. It has that locals feel, lots of people exercising, and our little swim! This morning we even had a helicopter trying to take away the police boat on Queenscliff headland.   And joining us this...

Firstly, Thanks to Lainey Loo for filling in for me while I’ve been away xoxoxo   What a great day for swimming after all the horrible weather ! Unfortunately my new camera decided it was time to get wet & somehow filled up with water….Grrrrr !! Pity really had some great shots.   Dreamboat Dave...

Morning all and Welcome to those who partook for the first time today. I got thinking this morning that there really is something therapeutic and addictive about salt water. When I work out what it is I’ll let you know. For the time being feeling good is enough for me. This morning we were met...