Love this quote I found on the internet. It’s  ‘Are you O.K?’ day today, when we think about reaching out to others as they may be feeling low, very low, and those words might make all the difference…I thoroughly believe  a B&B swim really can lift the spirits so come and join us! 109 people...

Conditions back to flat! BUT air and water cooler after yesterday! Alice telling a joke! Bruce signing in.. looking pretty cool I must say! *** Exactly 2 years ago TODAY.. The B&B Pacific Challenge was launched!  You can read about it on that day’s Blog  HERE.  I didn’t know this, but it was swimmer John Master’s inspiration!...

Is there something wrong with the Weather app on my phone? Does it really  say 30c? (Blink a couple of times) Yep…. 30c! Another NE wind is blowing us over this morning – It’s a little choppy but all our friends  are here …   Jane has switched to summer uniform…   Lyndall and Charlie...

120 of my closest and dearest Bold & Beautiful friends swam this morning to help me celebrate my birthday! But more importantly, MUCH more importantly, we had a special visitor at the the surf club this morning. Claire from Bear Cottage, a local hospice for children and their families came down to present us with...

As the occasional fill-in blogger for B&B, I’m familiar with rule #1 in the B&B blogging manual: Avoid politics, religion, and sexual references. Obviously, today had to be all about politics. I apologize in advance for the lack of religious or sexual references and do refer to Monday’s blog instead. DISCLAIMER: If you haven’t been...

This week has seen fantastic weather for the start of Spring, with sunrises like these who’s gonna argue…   The water has been a little murky however, looking more like fish soup from the Thai takeaway as a result of the NE  and E swells that have persisted every couple of days…   Despite the...

109 Bold and Beautiful swimmers on this glorious morning, many of whom were eager to practise the swimming tips given by Sarah Ann at the dinner on Tuesday. Hence the title for today’s blog! (Swim tips are in pink!) There was  a Summery feel to the day with the temp forecast at 26C ! For...

  Last nights BnB monthly dinner was a great success! Sarah Ann Evans, our official Pacific Jules swimming coach, gave a talk on swimming which was very interesting! We packed out Bluewater!  (If you enjoyed yourself at Bluewater please CLICK HERE to add a comment or like 🙂 Stephen was awarded his 1000km badge! You can find out...

Another beautiful sunrise in Mantown with a 2ft ESE swell promising lake like conditions… This was the mood walking down to the B&B Pavilion….     Once there it was another story – where Bollywood had finally caught up with us, and really the only question now is: What took it so long??    ...