For today’s blog you really need to have young kids in your life who love “Tangled” – Disney’s latest version of  Rapunzel.   Note – in keeping with the Rapunzel theme there will be no ‘wet hair’ shots today.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0HFaG-5DSE   When will my life begin? 7 AM, the usual morning lineup Fifi waving in this...

… and in bed when I’m supposed to be swimming/blogging ! Despite my best efforts to forgo my blogging responsibilities today, it was to no avail … so rather selfie-ishly I am dedicating todays blog to me, and all the lovely and sometimes unlikely B&B friends who attended Dreamboats going-away party … a perfect testimony...

and some little observations of our daily ritual- To know who we are, we need to look back at our past. Some of the first B and B ers having the post swim chat before work.   One of our first badge ceremony events.   A few B and B ers heading off for the...

(*…… Google it and get with it – in that order)  OMG…. WTF…… Friday! At first it was like….   And Sabs and Todd were like….   At 6:45 it was like…..   Ian and Claudette were like…   Oompa was all like….   Then Sheena was like….   ..and Eva was all like….  ...

Yesterday… rough, murky, bluebottley… Today? Stunner.   Water was 17.2 so still a bit chilly, but what a cracking day for 52 Bold and Beautiful legends who rocked up. The group welcomes all types of people, including giants of men… and little fellas.     Gee we are going to miss Dreamboat Dave. A better...

  What a miserable morning it was this morning! Funnily enough though… rain, rough surf, bluebottles and news of shark attacks still didn’t put around 50 of us off from throwing ourselves in that wild and churned-up ocean today and swimming to Shelly! A small group of 6 turned up in the rain for Booty...

The 65, or there about, swimmers who turned up today were welcomed by glorious sunshine!! No wind, no rain. How the simple things make us so happy. Welcome back to Helen (or Ducky to some). Her first swim back in a few months was about to be made even more fun with washing machine conditions....

Change seen through the eyes of fear causes suffering.  Whereas the eyes of wisdom welcome change as an opportunity in the inevitable expression of universal potential. All journeys begin with change and end with gratitude.  Somewhere in between we pass through acceptance, forgiveness and trust.  Each step a knowing of greater depth. We swim at...

September the 7th, this year is traditionally Father’s Day, but today Father Ian gets a special mention, as it’s his BIRTHDAY! So today, I’ve renamed the day to ‘Happy Ian’s Day’.   You may know Ian? He’s that shy, retiring one that takes photos of you as you turn up for your first swim with...

Time for a lightning blog and a Fathers Day quiz (and don’t forget that Fathers get a 10 second start tomorrow so don’t miss it, oh and it’s also Ian’s birthday but I think that’s a secret so don’t tell anyone, but there’ll be cake). The photos below reflect the swim for 80 swimmers and...