Friday 8 June 2018 Feeling hot hot hot

210 swimmers and one newbie swam on this fine winter swimming day enjoying 19degree water. The swimmers themselves are hot hot hot!

This lot because they run and swim and cycle and then eat cake!

Annie just generally hot

the baker

this photo is out of focus. How things appear to me when I don’t have my glasses

Safire

Andrew saw actual dolphins out there yesterday. he is a professional photographer/filmaker but the dolphins did not pose for him.

Andrew did not swim today because he forgot his togs and goggs. Just saying, I myself have swum in my leggings and top and there are always goggles you can borrow from other swimmers who like me keep spares. But he did not have a ruling on whether a nude swim today would qualify for a nudie badge so he did not take the chance

Andrew’s friend Tim was better organised and did swim

Talking about hot: Errol and Justus

Look at all these smiling hotties. Who can be cold when we are winter swimming?

Charl – so hot that he has to cool down


Management notices

Ruby Lane “Paddock to Plate” Dinner.

Enjoy a 4 course meal and matching organic wines at Ruby Lane Restaurant in support of Royal Far West and country children. Courses include:

Fig, Rocket & Blue Cheese Salad

Free Range Pork, Mushroom & Pistachio terrine

Heritage Chicken Casserole, Soft Polenta

Upside Down Plum and Almond cake

We will also have a special presentation by one of the Ruby Lane farmers who will talk about their sustainable organic farming practices and how they deliver food in a way that nurtures the environment and our diets.

The dinner is Saturday June 23 and tickets are $110 per head. All funds go to Royal Far West. For more information and to book click here: https://mailchi.mp/4edadb1a1a08/join-us-at-the-rfw-ruby-lane-gala-dinner-1626289

sold out – waitlist yourself

Monthly Dinner – 12^th June 2018 – Guest Speaker

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird, whose recent Biography of Queen Victoria;  “Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire”, has been critically acclaimed around the world.

Julia’s talk is about ‘ADVENTURES WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: BEHIND THE MYTHS”. In it she will be answering the following three questions:

1. Why write a book about that old bird? i.e. wasn’t she super grumpy and unamused all the time?
2. What are some of the juiciest things you discovered about her (and is it true she had a legendary libido?)
3. What would Queen Victoria think of the Bold and Beautiful?

In other words: Queen Victoria on sex, stereotypes and swimming. DON’T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT. Also… Julia will be signing copies of her book if you would like to purchase one on the night or bring along the copy you already have!

The cost of the dinner is great value at only $25 a head, which includes shared entrees, and a selection of mains to choose from (including a vegetarian option). Glasses of beer or wine and desserts are also available at the special price of only $5 each. Numbers are limited, so bookings are essential:  To avoid disappointment and secure your spot please book HERE.

Laughter session on beach 14th June 6.15am – see below for more details 🙂

Laughter* (yoga) Session
Free for Bold and Beautiful swimmers,
laugh and get warm just before your swim
Click on this link for more details Download Laughter

What I have been reading

The algorithm in Amazon where I get my kindle books recommended The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson. I can see why it is recommended – crime fiction etc. but it is not much good. So I read a new (to me) Brunetti novel by Donna Leon as well for enjoyment The Temptation of Forgiveness. It is as expected. Bit of a crime, lots about living in Venice; silly plot.