What a morning it was! Another beautiful Saturday morning to top off another great week! This is the picture at about 6am…. Yes.. May the 4th be with you! – it’s intergalactic Star Wars Day, and strangely enough, after the movies were made, most of the cast have actually joined our little group… The Jawas...

You have to concede it has been another great week – perfect weather, delightful company and lots of events to celebrate.  Today, as 140 B&B’ers nestled in the sun under the Surf Club awning, a debate was underway – when is it appropriate to don the wetsuit?  With the 2013 Winter Badge kicking off on 1...

99 Bold and Beautiful swimmers turned up on this beautiful Thursday morning. The storm at around 4am may have deterred a few of you but by 6.30am the sun was squeezing through the amazing cloud formations. The water was warm, calm, smooth and very clear in patches. Loads of fish! Another sensational swim and so...

Oh what another wonderful morning!!! I LOVE MANLY!! I LOVE AUSTRALIA! And you’ll never guess who’s birthday it is today! Happy Birthday LSA!! (Little Sarah Abbott) Whaddya reckon Ian – Another perfect day?? Andrew ‘Magic Hands’, a name given to him by all his ex’s 😀 …Did a superb forward flip into the waves and...

A little sliver of sun appeared through the clouds for just a moment – but it was long enough to highlight The Point. Despite the greyness of the sky, there was a decent turn-out of 139 for the Tuesday swim. Early preparations are being made as winter is coming.  Krystyna has developed a clever device...

*Added photo from Stephen Coulter at the bottom of the page at 12.50pm*   139 B&B swimmers were treated to an amazing sunrise this morning around 6.40am The early lappers soaked it all up at the point   Fellow Monday blogger Joe helped me out with some pictures today as I was initially using my...

The daily return ocean swim between Manly and Shelly beaches has the potential for danger. “I don’t want to hear how beautiful it is. We need to hear more about the dangers lurking in the deep so we don’t attract any more newbies” reported a B&B regular Attracta. So today’s blog comes in the interests...

More technical issues today… so just putting this up until the real blog is published by Guest New Blogger Simon…(his will override this) TERRIFIC SWIM – WATER was flat and peaceful and not too cold… visibility wasn’t great! John Kelly reminded us AGAIN can we all wait AT THE POINT! And also please be in...

..or as profesionally prescribed 🙂 I know I’m preachin’ to the converted here, but seriously. Look at these people’s faces. You’d think they’re on drugs, and I guess it depends on how you define ‘drugs’ but this one sure is a) addictive, b) makes you forget the strife of daily life, and c) bliss enducing....