Our new year’s resolutions often focus on the destination, the result we wish to attain.  So focussed are we upon these gratifications, that little thought is left for the struggles involved in actually achieving such lofty goals.  Perhaps this is the real reason that new year’s resolutions often fail. How much responsibility do you accept...

Waking up, I heard the rain outside the window and checked how long it would go on for. Hmm, the weather app basically said 100% all day. Umbrellas were the fashion accessory for this morning. Here’s Jill, still smiling smiling and meeting newbies. The B&B newbies sign in station, needed a bit cover today too....

Hi All, The stork is circling high in the sky above Manly which must mean babies are close by. So what better theme than to have Lucy’s baby shower post swim today. I counted 4 other pregnant woman either swimming or supporting today’s swimmers. There was a big group of swimmers today, well over 200!...

6.40am: Freddie drives in from Whale Beach… 6.30am Shane Gould signs in!  …and if you don’t know who she is…(as if!).. “Shane Gould, MBE is an Australian former competition swimmer who won three gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Summer Olympics….” 6.50am – our 9000th swimmer, Sophie, is welcomed! Unfortunately Sophie’s first contact...

Great morning down at the swim. Warm water, 21 new swimmers and beautiful conditions. Lovely to walk down the stairs to this…   And then I thought lets take a little selfie with Rob the Paddler. What was going on here? Any caption ideas?   Great to have my good friends Mark and Kumi down...

In 1985  Ron Howard directed a movie “Cocoon,” a group of  adults discovers that a nearby swimming pool has the power to imbue them with new strength, enhanced energy and a more youthful sense of well-being. While the cause of their new lease on life turns out to be from another planet, it doesn’t take...

Tuesday is usually such a quiet day in the B&B swim week.  Not today!!  So far it looks like there were at least 176 swimmers out there today. As you can see, Anne has that certain thing about her smile that indicates she can’t wait until Ian returns from holidays. . .   B&B has...

Today’s blog and goodbye song is dedicated to Sabine who will be leaving us next week to return to Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFhoLfP8pvI (The Beatles – She’s Leaving Home)     Sabine mostly swims at 6am so she can catch the 7.30 ferry to her architecture office in the Australia Square Tower. While swimming is her main passion, Sabine she has just  finished designing the...

Plenty of stars turned up for the B&B today, and then there’s this little lot.Let’s go celebrity star spotting. You never know who you might find. I noticed Jack Nicholson in the surf, having a hot dog! Or was it our DWSS? Then good ole Pammy turned up sporting her red outfit. Or was it...

Hi Folks, “Whatever anyone one else thinks of me is none of my business” J.R.R. Tolkein was born on this day in 1892. He was said to write in shorthand and then smudge it (a lot). Mel Gibson was also born on this day in 1956. Even though there was a mountain of seaweed on...