This week is the last one in morning darkness for a while. It can be a challenge to tip that sorry old bod out of bed and try not to make too much noise because you don’t want to wake up the birds. But it’s been said before (and yes I’ll say it again); you...

Only 32 ‘hardcore’ swimmers swam today in English beer kinda water, flat and warm…It hasn’t rained at 7am on a Thursday morning since I started my Thursday blog spot 4 months ago. Infact I’ve been boasting about the amazing weather on Thursdays for weeks. Today it was dark, rainy and miserable at 7am…But it brightened...

59 stalwarts of the Bold & Beautiful community decided that rain was not a good enough reason to stay in bed. Now from our initial viewpoint it didnt look promising to the Australians. However to an Irishman, I have to be honest that I was a little teary-eyed as it reminded me of Irish summers...

There are lots of great things about swimming before sunrise.   The one I particularly like is the abundance of car spots on the beach front. Yeah!! Then there is the welcoming committee, and the opportunity to catch up with everyone. Looks like Greg has been practicing his photo bombing moves. While to the uninitiated...

We couldn’t believe ouR luck!! ANOTHER humpback whale joined us this morning! There were so many of us too! HOW LUCKY ARE WE!!! Sucked-in if you slept in this morning!! hahahaha HAHA April Fools!! No whale… but a WHALE of a morning! Loads of us! And the conditions were PERFECT!!! CLEAR – WARM – FLAT...

There’s craziness in the air with the full moon last night – deciding to hang around to see us off this morning… a few cloudy heads from the soiree at Manly Wine last night. Nothing like a swim to Shelley to clear out the cobwebs on a holiday weekend. Why would you go away? There’s...

  Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Every morning we wake up to a new beginning, new thoughts, new opportunities and a chance to ‘give it a go’, a clean slate if you wish. Easter means different things to different people. Luckily, we are free to put any which meaning...

100 Bold and Beautiful swimmers swam this morning and were greeted by the most magnificent sunrise just at The Point . Sunrise was at 7.04am today on this warm, stunning THURSDAY! The night was muggy, the swim was refreshing… with waves! First light over Cabbage Tree Bay looked like this. Swimmers arrive and the boy...

YET another beautiful swim this morning! We had heard reports of swarms of blue bottles on the way to Shelly so we decided to head north! John Kelly gave the announcement …..(he still managed to get stung going north tho!!) (Also welcome back to John Kelly after his 60 hour birthday celebration…he made it!!) Two...