Today I drove to Manly from Lane Cove accompanied by my audio book – I love swimming and reading. currently reading a Karin Fossum crime novel. I have had some great recommendations of books from Ali so if anyone has good books to recommend please let me know. I get a report from swimmers in...

Blind Date – Only Twelve Chances! Hall’s Bells!  Christmas is getting ever so stealthily closer.  Linda and Tim are keen and happy to put together a calendar for B&B again for 2016.  All our swimmers are welcome to submit their favourite photo(s).  Please note photos must be full resolution to stand any chance of making...

That kind of day hey?   Still the 70 or so of us who made it down enjoyed some lovely conditions. Water was 18 and we had that lovely feeling of swimming in the rain.   Alright, my internet is taking half an hour to load photos, so I am out of here. Have a...

Lets face it ! it was hard to get out of bed this morning, but boy am I glad I did ! ! all these benefits when you swim at Manly and they are totally free….. “Seawater contains vital elements, vitamins, mineral salts, trace elements, amino acids and living microorganisms that can produce antibiotic and antibacterial...

The energy at the start of the ” lets go” from Shelly back with the Drinky Express!!   John doing the “water temp check” at 6.30am. 18.8 Water temperature is 18.8 degrees today 80 people and beautiful clear water. Lots of fish. The wait at Shelly for the gang to arrive….. A happy Jo at...

History has shown time and time again, any one individual possesses enough energy to turn the tide.  Those who have made a difference possess no more than you, no more than any of us. But nothing is affected by the amount of energy we possess, it is by the energy we express.  This modern world...

Mornin’ all. Inner westies here. And a warning – oodles of selfies today. It’s all about us. Indulge us please. We can’t figure out why we’re always last. So we asked some experts below. Lovely morning. Air warming up and water 18.7.   6.30 early birds coming home.   Here we are full of early...

Triathlete Paul told me there was a decent amount of rain around before the 6.30 crew departed for Shelley Beach, however, 7 am-ers were treated to a parting of the clouds and sunshine rays. A “dry” blog for me today, marking my 25th blogging episode with B&B 😀  My friend Alex kindly offered some of...

A beautiful morning at Manly even in a bit of rain   The people exercising on the beach were doing so well that I got a benefit just walking by!   Extra challenge today – getting to the swim although it was raining and a riddle to solve   Who could it be?   the...

So much for the 80% chance of rain the forecasters were predicting for 7am… It was a cracker of a morning! Well done to the 80+ swimmers who came down to near perfect conditions! The water has dropped down a little to the 18s… but the days of 15 are well and truly over for...